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Mount Cass Wind Farm
Country New Zealand
Location Canterbury
Coordinates 43°4′30″S 172°50′15″E / 43.07500°S 172.83750°E / -43.07500; 172.83750
Owner(s) MainPower

The Mount Cass Wind Farm is a proposed wind farm to be located east of Waipara on Mount Cass in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. It will comprise up to 70 wind turbines along 7 km of a ridge on Mount Cass.

Timeline

  • 23 November 2007 - application for resource consents lodged with Hurunui District Council
  • 1 August 2008 - public submissions close
  • 2 April 2009 - Hurunui District Council declined consents
  • April 2009 - decision appealed to the Environment Court
  • December 2011 - Environment Court approves resource consents.
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