Thursday, 22 April 2021, 3:45 pm
Greenfern Industries’ hydroelectric power station on
the Waingongoro River in Taranaki has been given the seal of
approval to generate power once again.
The go-ahead
was given by the Taranaki Regional Council for the Normanby
Power Station to start generating power again last week
after passing the final inspection of items that were
historically in breach of resource consent conditions held
by the station's previous owner. The greenlight follows
considerable investment by Greenfern to get it operating in
general compliance with the resource consent
conditions.
A medicinal cannabis company, Greenfern
bought the power station in December last year following a