LOCATION/TYPE

NEWS HOME

[ exact phrase in "" • results by date ]

[ Google-powered • results by relevance ]


Archive
RSS

Add NWW headlines to your site (click here)

Get weekly updates

WHAT TO DO
when your community is targeted

RSS

RSS feeds and more

Keep Wind Watch online and independent!

Donate via Paypal

Donate via Stripe

Selected Documents

All Documents

Research Links

Alerts

Press Releases

FAQs

Campaign Material

Photos & Graphics

Videos

Allied Groups

Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005.

News Watch Home

Mainpower plans to double size of wind farm 

Electricity lines company MainPower said it has reached an agreement with a private land owner to extend its planned wind farm at Mt Cass in North Canterbury.

The extension would double the original size and energy output of the wind farm, and depending on the turbines chosen could generate up to 63 megawatts of power, enough energy for 23,000 homes, MainPower managing director Allan Berge said.

The region currently generates no power.

“The Mt Cass Wind Farm is a step towards resolving our energy exposure and achieving our vision of energy self-sufficiency for the region,” Mr Berge said.

Options being considered for wind turbines on the 6km site, 6km east of Waipara, ranged from 70 small (47m) turbines to 24 large (125m) turbines.

Mt Cass property owner Tiromoana Station is a subsidiary of Transwaste Canterbury Ltd, a joint venture between five Canterbury local authorities and Kate Valley Landfill owner Canterbury Waste Services.

MainPower secured legal easement on the property from the previous owners in 1997, before ownership changed in 2003 to Tiromoana Station.

MainPower said it had also bought 160ha of the Mt Cass ridge, which will contain the initial 3km of the proposed wind farm announced in March.

MainPower aimed to lodge consent applications for the wind farm within the next two to three months, and is continuing community consultation on the proposal.

NZPA

nz.news.yahoo.com

3 August 2007

This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.

The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.

Wind Watch relies entirely
on User Funding
   Donate via Paypal
(via Paypal)
Donate via Stripe
(via Stripe)

Share:

e-mail X FB LI TG TG Share


News Watch Home

Get the Facts
CONTACT DONATE PRIVACY ABOUT SEARCH
© National Wind Watch, Inc.
Use of copyrighted material adheres to Fair Use.
"Wind Watch" is a registered trademark.

 Follow:

Wind Watch on X Wind Watch on Facebook

Wind Watch on Linked In Wind Watch on Mastodon