Colac Herald
Friday 22/2/2008 Page: 8
A British company has taken aim at the second hurdle to establish a wind farm near Winchelsea. Surf Coast Shire Council has received an application for a planning permit to build a wind farm 10 kilometres north-east of Winchelsea. The applicant, International Power Australia, wants to build 14 two-megawatt wind turbines on 700 hectares of farm land. The proposed wind farm would produce enough electricity to power 14,000 homes.
The Federal Department of Environment and Heritage last year gave the project the first level of approval, deciding the wind farm was within federal environment laws. The council will accept submissions about the wind farm proposal until March 11. The farm will not need State Government approval because it will produce less than 30 megawatts of power.
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