Saturday 12 August 2006

No ill wind for project

Melbourne MX, Page: 2 Friday,
11 August 2006

The State Government has shrugged off the Bald Hills wind farm controversy and approved another similar project. The $80 million Naroghid wind farm, to be built mainly in cleared grazing land near Camperdown in western Victoria by New Zealand company Wind Farm Developments, is expected to power about 24,000 homes after it is constructed in 2008. The project ’s approval came despite an earlier move by Federal Environment Minister Ian Campbell to block a 52-turbine wind farm in South Gippsland, citing concerns about the endangered orange-bellied parrot. Wind Farm Developments spokesman Jonathan Upson said the company had sought an area free from controversy.

He said the Naroghid site, where 21 turbines will be built on 600ha, was appealing because it was on a plateau that got good winds and was on an electrical transmission line. He said as the site was cleared grazing land there were no environmental issues.

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