An
independent panel has approved resource consent, subject to
conditions, to construct and operate a solar farm in South
Taranaki.
Energy Farms applied for resource consent
under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Act
2020. The solar farm will be constructed on approximately
180 hectares of land. It will have a peak output of 80 to
110 megawatts and will supply electricity to the national
grid.
The resource consent conditions are in the
decision report on the page linked below.
The decision
comes 110 working days after the application was lodged with
the Environmental Protection Authority, excluding the days
the application was suspended at the applicant’s request
and because of a delay in payment from the applicant for
costs recoverable.
The Environmental Protection
Authority is not involved in the decision-making. We provide
procedural advice and administrative support to the panel
convenor, Judge Laurie Newhook, and the expert consenting
panel he appoints.
Read
the Ōpunake Solar Farm decision report
More
about fast-track
consenting
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