Contact to appeal Southland Wind Farm decision, reapply under fast track

Contact to appeal Southland Wind Farm decision, reapply under fast track
CEO says the panel’s decision is flawed, with significant legal errors identified. (Image: NZME)
Staff reporters
Contact Energy plans to appeal the Southland wind farm rejection and reapply under the new fast-track consenting process.In March, a fast-track consenting panel, convened under the now-replaced covid-era law, rejected Contact’s application to build a $1 billion wind farm capable of generating 300 megawatts from a proposed 55 turbines.The expert panel said part of the farm, planned for near Wyndham, about 45km northeast of Invercargill, would have interfered with an “outstanding natural feature candidate area” on the Jedburgh P...