If anyone out there in the world would like to boycott the NIMBY’s against wind generation, you can start by not buying Graham Sydney artwork or prints. He is a high profile oppontent of this wind farm. As you can see by his artwork, he LIKES desert landscapes, so climate warming works in his favour.

Also – give Anton Oliver the cold shoulder if you see him (ex-All Black player and Wind Generation NIMBY).

If anyone out there in the world would like to boycott the NIMBY’s against wind generation, you can start by not buying Graham Sydney artwork or prints. He is a high profile oppontent of this wind farm. As you can see by his artwork, he LIKES desert landscapes, so climate warming works in his favour.

Also – give Anton Oliver the cold shoulder if you see him (ex-All Black player and Wind Generation NIMBY).

If anyone out there in the world would like to boycott the NIMBY’s against wind generation, you can start by not buying Graham Sydney artwork or prints. He is a high profile oppontent of this wind farm. As you can see by his artwork, he LIKES desert landscapes, so climate warming works in his favour.

Also – give Anton Oliver the cold shoulder if you see him (ex-All Black player and Wind Generation NIMBY).

This is a win for the consumer as well as people who care about visual polution.

This is a win for the consumer as well as people who care about visual polution.

i would have reported in a biased manner if i said that was an incorrect decision or if i hid why the court ruled against the wind farm project. i reported both sides here, from what i can tell.

the decision was made by the Environment Court, i don’t imagine they take environmental issues with just a grain of salt — no effort to hide that, of course, and make it seem like it was made by environmentally uncaring people. my impression is that these are environmental guardians (and i think that others reading this article presume the same)

i agree with the comments about home-scale renewable energy, but that wasn’t the topic in this blog post. perhaps, i could have led into that more, but it is hard to compare when you’re talking about 1 million homes at this point, since even with amazing incentives for home technologies very few people are taking advantage of them and taking action themselves to use more renewable energy.

the mayor of Central Otaga and leading wind energy activists make clear that this may set a precedent for the future of wind power, or renewable power even. reporting that that may be the case is not biased. that is a clear and important potential result of this case.

more info could have been put in there regarding the potential of other projects, *perhaps*. however, given that this project wasn’t just an idea, but a $10 million investment, me tossing ideas in on “the best place for a $2 billion project” is hardly fair as well. would it be fair for me to say where the best place is for a large, renewable energy project??

so, i see your concern, but:

1) i had no personal feeling of bias in whether or not this was a correct decision. it is really hard to say, since it is a weighing of many different environmental concerns and not an easy topic to weigh, clearly

2) this was a let down to wind and many renewable energy proponents (not all, but many for sure) — this is something to report. this could end up being a landmark decision on the topic, whether the decision is right or wrong. if you are not a proponent of large find farms, you may be happy about it. if you are a big proponent of large-scale wind farms, this is probably a disappointment.

3) why the court rejected the proposal, from what i found on the topic, is in there — something to report

4) whether or not offshore wind, wave energy, or solar is a better technology requires dozens more posts. i am not setting up this post to knock onshore wind turbines as a horrible option for renewable energy. if i did that, i would clearly be biased against them.

5) i reported a case, a story, what happened in Central Otago and what the real and potential effects are. i did not feel bias about the decision, just tried to report the two sides of the coin on this issue. sorry if you did not feel it represented your side or if you did not want the other side presented at all

if you have additional information on the project, please feel free to add it!!

but don’t take this as an attack on the people who opposed the wind farm, the decision made by the Environment Court, or yourself.

The whole ‘wind farm’ issue is very complex, but the power companies try and sum it up with a couple of ‘greenwash’ adverts and some nice sponsorship. They fail to mention the huge profits they make off carbon credit trading, where no carbon is actually saved anyway, the fact the wind farms need almost constant maintenance and currently we are not suffering from a power shortage.

This country is drastically under uses solar power potential and even good building principals that reduce the need for new power generation. Creating more power from these ‘power factories’ is mealy a plaster over the wound, we need to fix the problem and start producing some energy from our own homes. Alternately sea floor ‘tidal\current’ power generation has huge potential and is currently in the process of being tested in Cook Straight.

Get with the times, wind generation is old technology. NZ should be leading the way with the new technology at hand, its what we do best.

Keep NZ Green, not green wash 

The whole ‘wind farm’ issue is very complex, but the power companies try and sum it up with a couple of ‘greenwash’ adverts and some nice sponsorship. They fail to mention the huge profits they make off carbon credit trading, where no carbon is actually saved anyway, the fact the wind farms need almost constant maintenance and currently we are not suffering from a power shortage.

This country is drastically under uses solar power potential and even good building principals that reduce the need for new power generation. Creating more power from these ‘power factories’ is mealy a plaster over the wound, we need to fix the problem and start producing some energy from our own homes. Alternately sea floor ‘tidalcurrent’ power generation has huge potential and is currently in the process of being tested in Cook Straight.

Get with the times, wind generation is old technology. NZ should be leading the way with the new technology at hand, its what we do best.

Keep NZ Green, not green wash 

The whole ‘wind farm’ issue is very complex, but the power companies try and sum it up with a couple of ‘greenwash’ adverts and some nice sponsorship. They fail to mention the huge profits they make off carbon credit trading, where no carbon is actually saved anyway, the fact the wind farms need almost constant maintenance and currently we are not suffering from a power shortage.

This country is drastically under uses solar power potential and even good building principals that reduce the need for new power generation. Creating more power from these ‘power factories’ is mealy a plaster over the wound, we need to fix the problem and start producing some energy from our own homes. Alternately sea floor ‘tidalcurrent’ power generation has huge potential and is currently in the process of being tested in Cook Straight.

Get with the times, wind generation is old technology. NZ should be leading the way with the new technology at hand, its what we do best.

Keep NZ Green, not green wash 

(http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/pdfs/opdev/transmis/renewables/TTER-App4.pdf)