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A Bay of Plenty community say a new solar farm hasn't delivered the planting promised under its resource consent.
The 30-hectare 38MWp Omeheu Solar Farm, a joint venture of Far North Solar Farms and Aquila Clean Energy Asia Pacific, is under construction on Putiki Rd, just outside of Edgecumbe.
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Residents of nearby properties say the company didn't fulfil the resource consent landscaping requirements.
These required the solar farm to have native screening plants, at least one metre in height when planted.
The plants needed to be capable of completely screening panels and security
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