NZ's largest planned solar farm gets fast-track consent

NZ's largest planned solar farm gets fast-track consent
Harmony director Pete Grogan is planning a solar farm which has similarities to Lodestone with grazing land plans as well as solar panels. (Image: supplied)
Ian Llewellyn
What would be New Zealand’s largest solar farm has been granted access to the fast-track resource process.British company Harmony Energy wants to build a solar farm and associated infrastructure just south of Te Aroha, Waikato.The company seeking consent is Harmony Energy NZ, a subsidiary of the UK parent.If successful, the proposal will result in approximately 329,000 solar panels constructed on 182 hectares of a 260-hectare site owned by Tauhei Farms.Under a similar model proposed by Lodestone Energy, livestock grazing would c...

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