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New Zealand Environment Court Says No to Huge Wind Farm

cleantechnica.com — What would have been the Southern Hemisphere’s largest wind farm, a $2 billion NZD ($1.4 billion USD) and 630 MW wind farm in New Zealand, is not happening because New Zealand’s Environment Court says that it would ruin the surrounding landscape.

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  • Frost9999, on 11/10/2009, -0/+4Wind farms are ugly, and NZ is a small country. It would be a shame to ruin the landscape when these wind-farms can now be constructed out at sea.
  • LightLifeLove, on 11/10/2009, -0/+4would like to see what effort Meridian actually put into looking at different sites... maybe they should consider offshore?
  • novenator, on 11/09/2009, -1/+5I can understand both sides of this issue. New Zealand is quite scenic, but increasing energy demands have to be dealt with some way.
  • xwatermelon, on 11/10/2009, -0/+0Thanks for summing up the article.

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