Landowners hold up hydro plan
TrustPower's ambitions to build more electricity generation in Marlborough are facing significant hurdles but the company remains optimistic about its plans.
Thursday, November 18th 2004, 8:02PM
by The Landlord
About 40 per cent of the 60-odd landowners from which it requires consent for its Wairau River hydroelectricity project remain opposed to the scheme, which would generate 415 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity annually.Meanwhile, monitoring of a promising Seddon wind farm site the Tauranga-based company hoped could produce 270GWh of energy has shown it might not be as suitable for development as first thought.
TrustPower first announced plans for the $240 million canal-based hydroelectricity scheme last year and started seriously negotiating easement agreements with landowners in April this year.
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