The Northern Advocate reports that the flight paths of migrating birds could play a key role in the siting of giant turbines on a Northland wind farm.
Meridian Energy wants to build a wind farm in the Rototuna Forest, on Northland's west coast, using turbines more than 100m tall.
A $450,000 Merlin avian radar system - the most advanced machine of its kind in the country - has also been placed in the 6000ha Rototuna Forest, an ex-Evergreen plantation bought by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund in 2005.
The avian radar system, which can be remotely controlled via satellite, will track migratory routes of birds, to help determine where turbines could be sited.
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