The public benefits created by the development of hydro-electric power plants are not provided by wind farms, an Environment Court appeal hearing for Meridian Energy's proposed $2 billion Project Hayes wind farm has been told.
The admission of further evidence on New Zealand's electricity industry was approved during the Project Hayes wind farm hearing on Thursday - and the evidence was then withdrawn.
Meridian Energy's proposed $1.5 billion Project Hayes wind farm in Central Otago has beneficial implications for the whole country, an Environment Court appeal hearing for the development was told yesterday.
Costs of a transmission upgrade necessary for new energy generation such as Meridian Energy's proposed Project Hayes wind farm would ultimately be passed on to consumers, an Environment Court appeal hearing was told yesterday.
Jolyon and Enny Manning arrive at each day of the Environment Court appeal hearing for Meridian Energy's proposed Project Hayes wind farm armed with a flask of coffee and food to get them through to 5pm.
A ruling on whether new evidence will be accepted in the middle of an appeal hearing for Meridian Energy's proposed Project Hayes wind farm is expected to be released on Friday.
The clearance of indigenous tussock on the Lammermoor Range as a result of Meridian Energy's proposed Project Hayes wind farm development would have a more than minor effect on ecology at the site, an Environment Court appeal hearing was told yesterday.
An Environment Court appeal hearing for Meridian Energy's proposed $1.5 billion Project Hayes wind farm was told yesterday the earthworks planned were considered to be at a low level of development.
Meridian Energy has applied to build a third wind monitoring device as part of its planned $1.5 billion Project Hayes wind farm, claiming "you can never have too much data".
Meridian Energy's computer images of its proposed Project Hayes wind farm development are laughable, an appeal hearing was told yesterday.
Artist Grahame Sydney says nuclear power in New Zealand is preferable to a huge wind farm on Central Otago's Lammermoor Range.
The credibility of an expert witness was questioned by Meridian Energy's counsel during an appeal hearing for the proposed Project Hayes wind farm yesterday.
Central Otago's remarkably long, level, uncluttered skylines are not unique to the district, an Environment Court appeal hearing was told yesterday.
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust is not a democratic organisation, chief executive Bruce Chapman told a group of Central Otago trust members in Alexandra last night.
Old Dunstan Rd in Central Otago provides visitors with an artificial heritage experience of early gold-miners, an Environment Court appeal hearing was told in Cromwell yesterday.
Central Otago's vast landscape would retain its rural character despite the construction of a 176-turbine wind farm on the Lammermoor Range, an Environment Court appeal hearing was told yesterday.
Project Hayes wind farm turbines will create a significant viewing attraction for visitors to Central Otago, Meridian Energy lawyer Andrew Beatson told an Environment Court appeal hearing yesterday.
The Central Otago District Council has refused to pay for a noise expert to give evidence at an Environment Court hearing for the proposed Project Hayes wind farm development on the Lammermoor Ranges.
