An
independent panel has approved resource consent, subject to
conditions, for a solar farm in Ōpunake, South
Taranaki.

Harmony Energy NZ #4 applied for resource
consent under the COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting)
Act 2020.

The project involves constructing and
operating a solar farm at Ihaia Road, Ōpunake, including
installing approximately 175,000 solar panels, power
stations, substations, a transformer, and a transmission
line.

The resource consent conditions are in the
decision report on the page linked below.

The decision
comes 155 working days after the application was lodged with
the Environmental Protection Authority.

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 Harmony Energy solar farm – Ōpunake decision
report

More
about fast-track
consenting

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