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Emma-Jayne Schenk | TWO more wind energy facilities are being built in the region, with early works starting at the Ryan Corner and Hawkesdale sites. Upon completion, the Ryan Corner wind farm will have 67 turbines with a total wind farm capacity of 134MW; the Hawkesdale wind farm will have 31 turbines with a total wind farm capacity of 62MW. It’s been a long process for company Union Fenosa, who assessed and investigated the proposed wind farm in 2002 with the help of … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by ANGELA CROMIE THE local wind farm industry is beginning to feel the effects of changes made to planning policy, according to a Penshurst resident. This week saw the Moyne Shire knock back an extension for a permit … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by BILL MELDRUM THE Macarthur wind farm proponents will put funds towards the upgrade of an arterial road in the Moyne Shire, but have said no to funding any maintenance to roads they are using in the Glenelg … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by NATALIE MCGREGOR AN outspoken Macarthur resident is warning landholders of the health hazards of ‘green’ projects. Local farmer and Hawkesdale/Macarthur Landscape Guardians secretary, Annie Gardner, faces the prospect of 180 turbines, each 110 metres tall, to the … Continue reading 0 Comments
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by KAREN SWEENEY WIND energy projects worth millions of dollars to the south-west have been put on hold indefinitely. A delay in the introduction of a renewable energy target has seen five major wind farms in the Hamilton … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by ALEXANDRA WEAVER CONSTRUCTION at Mortlake’s $640 million power station has officially begun, but the future of other south-west energy projects is less certain. Premier John Brumby this week turned the first sod at the Mortlake site, which … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by LIZ MCKINNON THE south-west energy boom has begun. About $8 billion worth of projects have been earmarked for the region, including last week’s announcement of an $800 million gas power station at Orford. This is on top … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by BRIAN O’BRIEN MOYNE Shire’s energy bonanza continues with the announcement that two wind farms worth $500 million have been approved by the State Government. The shire received the unbelievable news that projects valued at $1.3 billion were … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by Spectator-Observer Partnership A FORMER Willatook man has been found guilty of murdering a Sydney woman in 1984. David Graham Fleming, 54, formerly of Poynton’s Rd, Willatook, near Hawkesdale, was found guilty in a Sydney court on Thursday, … Continue reading
Spectator-Observer Partnership | Originally written by BRIAN O’BRIEN SEVERAL neighbours of a proposed $145 million wind farm near Hawkesdale have told a three-man panel hearing their ability to farm will be severely compromised if the project goes ahead. “We think it’s unfair that … Continue reading
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