Rain and wind warning as rivers start to rise across Hawke s Bay
15 Feb, 2021 08:14 PM
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By: Louise Gould
Rivers are expected to rise rapidly across Hawke s Bay today with more than 100mm of rain still projected to fall across the region.
More than 200 Unison customers also remain without power in Waimarama and Ocean Beach after an unplanned outage caused by the heavy rain that fell over Monday night.
MetService meteorologist Andy Best said those in the area should keep a close eye on the rainfall across the region. We are saying to expect another 100 to 160mm of rain, the largest accumulations will be around the ranges, he said. The warning does point out that this rain may cause rivers and streams to rise rapidly.
Wairarapa s Castle Hill could become country s largest windfarm, creating 200 jobs
15 Feb, 2021 06:46 PM
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The Hau Nui Wind Farm near Martinborough. Photo / Wairarapa Times-Age
Wairarapa Times-Age
By: Tom Taylor
A project to build up to 286 turbines at Castle Hill, Wairarapa, may yet get wind in its sails as Genesis Energy assesses its renewable generation options.
Castle Hill, southeast of Eketahuna, would be the largest wind farm in the country if Genesis went ahead with the project.
In 2011, when Genesis applied for resource consent, the Wairarapa Times-Age reported that the project could provide 185 jobs during construction, and 40 ongoing jobs.
The project was also forecast to bring $247 million into the Masterton and Tararua districts.
At Surat s Magdalla, a boat race powered solely with wind ANI | Updated: Feb 15, 2021 16:21 IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], February 15 (ANI): A race where boats powered solely with wind energy held in Surat s Magdalla port on Sunday saw enthusiastic participation by locals from coastal areas of Dumas and Hazira.
The 20 km long race that began from Magdalla on the bank of the river Tapi, has been organised for the last 50 years, and this time too was a crowd puller with people from across the city thronging the Magdalla bridge to watch.
Organisers National Fighters Sports Club said around thousand spectators had gathered to view the spectacle.