New Zealand Windfarms Ltd has lodged an application to build a small wind farm on one of the highest points in the Clutha district after spending most of this year investigating the site.
The Clutha District Council received the resource consent application last Friday and it appears it will not be publicly notified as the company already has permission from the only affected landowner.
The company wants to construct nine turbines on a ridgeline of Mt Stuart, about 10km west of Milton.
The development would supply electricity to a small band of communities inland from that town.
No other details of the consent application were available yesterday as the company had yet to lodge its full application.
In April, it was granted consent to install a 30m-high monitoring mast on the site which stands 411m above sea level.
Information collected from that mast was used to help guide the company towards a decision on whether to build the wind farm there.
Initial investigations revealed the site had significant wind-generation potential.
