A report by Greater Wellington regional council recommends a five-year moratorium on wind farm development at Belmont Regional Park, five years after the council called the site a “world-class wind farm opportunity”… “With the increase in wind energy projects in New Zealand, issues of cumulative effects on the landscape and visual aspects are starting to arise,” said the report, written by the council’s manager of development and strategy.
The above is from this Dom Post article, which ran this as a front-page story and presents the ‘visual aspects’ as the main reason for the moratorium. Surely, surely we are past the point where ‘visual effects’ should be halting a project like this? How much closer to disaster do we have to skate before the scenic views of our hills, nice as they are, are put in proper perspective?
Aargh. The report is not available yet on the GW website. I look forward to reading it for myself.
Also, wind farms look awesome in any case.
I like them. what’s the difference between them and windmills? not a lot really. Who will it effect that the hills have some white turbines on the? why not enjoy the satisifaction of knowing that the sight of these things are saving planet.