{"id":569970,"date":"2026-08-15T16:32:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/569970\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T16:32:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T16:32:18","slug":"genesis-energys-436ha-foxton-solar-farm-gets-fast-track-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/569970\/","title":{"rendered":"Genesis Energy\u2019s 436ha Foxton solar farm gets fast-track approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NZ Herald<\/p>\n<p>14 Aug, 2026 05:37 AMQuick Read<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen.Subscribe now<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"flex cursor-pointer items-center gap-1.5 text-black\" data-test-ui=\"social-link--bookmark-above\" aria-label=\"bookmark\" id=\"social-link--bookmark-above\">Save<\/a>Share this articleCopy LinkEmailFacebookTwitter\/XLinkedInReddit<\/p>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">Genesis has won approval to build a solar farm near Foxton. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Genesis Energy has received fast-track approval for a 436ha solar farm near Foxton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The company said the approval marked a significant step forward for one of the company\u2019s largest renewable generation projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n         Located around 10km north of Foxton in the Manawat\u016b-Whanganui region, the 436ha solar farm would comprise around 150,000<br \/>\n         solar panels.\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">It is expected to generate 345GWh of renewable electricity each year, enough to power about 43,000 households.<\/p>\n<p class=\"bcxzNmxesLZ\" style=\"display:none\">Genesis chief operating officer Tracey Hickman said Foxton was an ideal location for a solar farm with its abundant sunshine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NZ Herald 14 Aug, 2026 05:37 AMQuick Read Subscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[280947,12796,138,1667,41090,3233,24572,60238,33439,6276,3180,111,139,69,19764,4166],"class_list":["post-569970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-436ha","tag-approval","tag-business","tag-energy","tag-energys","tag-farm","tag-fasttrack","tag-foxton","tag-genesis","tag-gets","tag-near","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-received","tag-solar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}