Wind Farms

  • Call for turbine fire-safety audit

    Member for Polwarth Richard Riordan is calling on the State Government to complete a fire safety audit of wind turbines across the state and report back to regional communities.

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  • Cressy wind farm work starts

    Work has started on Australia’s largest wind farm, which will stretch between Cressy and Rokewood.

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  • IKEA eyes wind farm

    The world’s largest IKEA retailer has bought a stake in the Cressy region’s $2-billion Golden Plains Wind Farm.

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  • Wind farm plans progress

    Construction of a wind farm near Cressy is set to begin early next year after reaching final financial business agreements.

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  • Wind farm complicates house approval

    Corangamite Shire Council has approved a new dwelling within a kilometre of a proposed wind farm, amid a land-use conflict between renewable energy and farming.

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  • Wind farm to power water authority

    Barwon Water will soon be powered with renewable energy from Acciona’s Mount Gellibrand Wind Farm.

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  • Wind farm plan draws protest

    Farmers have rallied in opposition to plans for a 10-turbine wind farm seven kilometres south-west of Cobden.

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  • Cressy turbines officially open

    State politicians have toured a new wind farm near Cressy.

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