Herald Sun
Monday 11/10/2010 Page: 18
AUSTRALIA'S first community wind farm will open next year at Leonard's Hill, about 10km south of Daylesford, after five years of planning. More than 250 supporters, including state Environment and Climate Change Minister Gavin Jennings, turned out to the announcement. $8.4 million of the project's funding has come from local residents buying shares in the wind park. A portion of the income made from selling the green energy will go into a community fund. Construction will begin in three weeks, with turbines expected to be erected next Easter, and clean energy to start flowing into the local grid by mid 2011.
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