Opponents today vowed to fight the resource consent granted to Meridian Energy to build 70 super-sized wind turbines near Makara in Wellington.

The Environment Court is to decide the fate of the plans for country's two largest windfarm proposals.

Meridian Energy has resource consent to build 70 super-sized wind turbines near Makara in Wellington. The contentious $380 million Project West Wind was endorsed by Wellington City Council yesterday.

Resource consent has been granted to build New Zealand's second largest windfarm, in a unanimous decision by a panel of four commissioners.

Resource consent has been granted to build New Zealand's second largest windfarm, in a unanimous decision by a panel of four commissioners.

Guyra Shire Council has approved plans for a new wind farm in the Ben Lomond district.

Keep wind turbines out of Yass Valley Council area and maintain pristine ridge lines was the overwhelming message from a meeting in Bowning last Tuesday night. Organised for those concerned about the proposed installation of wind generators on Black Range west of Yass, the meeting elected a committee to lobby local and state governments, and to raise awareness within the local community.

The Jardine family has owned their property at Snowy Plain for generations. David Jardine is the fifth generation of his family to own the land and his young grandson should be the seventh.

A COMMUNITY group of concerned citizens has formed in the wake of Snowy River Shire Council approving a development application for a 16-turbine wind farm at Snowy Plain.

OPPONENTS of the proposed Denmark windfarm claim the community is being unnecessarily divided by claims and counter-claims over the suitability of the Ocean Beach site. They say there has been a distortion of the facts, and have defended the Denmark Shire's rejection of the proposal. Land surveyor Peter Mortimer said the community had already shown it was strongly against the Wilson's Head site chosen by Denmark Community Windfarm Inc (DCW).

THE future of the $600 million Macarthur Wind Farm project has been threatened by the construction of two small farmstay units on a neighbouring property.

Windfarms have divided many small, close-knit communities within the Burrinjuck Electorate, local MP, Katrina Hodgkinson told Parliament last week.

The final legal barrier to building the Awhitu Wind Farm has now been removed following the withdrawal of an appeal to the High Court.

But world energy resources are adequate to meet this sustained growth trend because global oil reserves today exceed the cumulative projected production to 2030, IEA said. This optimistic outlook, however, is based on a reference scenario that IEA describes as "unsustainable." Under that reference scenario, primary world energy demand increases by an average rate of 1.6%/year, with fossil fuels accounting for 83% of the projected increase. By 2030, the world consumes 16.3 billion tonnes of oil equivalent (toe)/year—5.5 billion toe more than it does today—with more than two thirds of energy use coming from developing countries.

Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell says he will not support a wind farm that would be built against the wishes of the local community.

THE power to decide where wind farms are built looks set to be wrestled from state control in an effort to reduce community opposition.

Proposed wind farm will set an "alarming" precedent if allowed to go ahead as planned.

FLEURIEU EAGLES THREATENED - IS ORIGIN ENERGY SERIOUS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT? ENVIRONMENTAL LOSS IN THE NAME OF ENVIRONMENTAL GAIN