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The Victorian Minister for Planning approves the extension of time for Ryan Corner and Hawkesdale wind farm project planning approvals, enabling Early Works construction to commence in early 2012

Union Fenosa Wind Australia is progressing its plans to build two wind farm projects in south west Victoria, and the company has today received an extension of time for its Planning Permit Approval. The extension enables the company to proceed with the Early Works construction that it plans to commence in early 2012
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Union Fenosa Wind Australia (UFWA), the Australian subsidiary of Gas Natural Fenosa, is progressing its plans to construct and operate the Hawkesdale and Ryan Corner wind farm projects in south west Victoria. The investment for the combined wind farm projects is in excess of $400 million, and the projects will provide approximately 150 full-time equivalent employment in the region during the construction phase, and also approximately 20 full-time equivalent employment during the operation phase.

Both projects were rigorously assessed through the independent planning panel process, and received support by the Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) and the Moyne Council in 2007-2008.
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This is the first newsletter for the proposed Paling Yards Wind Farm. It is intended to inform the local community and interested stakeholders about key elements of the project, the site, and the steps in the upcoming planning process. This newsletter outlines the community engagement strategy that will be undertaken including details of an upcoming door knock in the local area. Subsequent newsletters will be distributed at key milestones of the project to keep interested community members informed and up-to-date.
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Union Fenosa Wind Australia (UFWA) is undertaking the preliminary stages of a wind farm development in Tarrone, Victoria. This newsletter outlines the details of an upcoming door knock in the local area as an important part of the community engagement strategy for the proposed Tarrone Wind Farm.

UFWA is part of an international energy group called gasNatural fenosa that is a leading vertically integrated gas and electricity group that has a presence in 23 countries and employs over 20,000 staff with 17,000 MW of installed electricity generation and has more than 20 million customers. It has a long history of successful renewable energy projects around the world, building more than 2,000 MW of green energy capacity across wind, solar, hydro, biomass and other renewable energy sources.
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Union Fenosa Wind Australia (UFWA) is undertaking the preliminary stages of a wind farm development in Tarrone, Victoria. UFWA is part of an international energy group called gasNatural fenosa that is a leading vertically integrated gas and electricity group that has a presence in 23 countries and employs over 20,000 staff with 17,000 MW of installed electricity generation and has more than 20 million customers. It has a long history of successful renewable energy projects around the world, building more than 2,000 MW of green energy capacity across wind, solar, hydro, biomass and other renewable energy sources.
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Crookwell Development Pty Ltd (CDPL) is part of an international energy group proposing to develop a new wind farm in the Crookwell region. This project is currently applying for approval from the NSW Department of Planning. As part of this process, CDPL is interested in understanding the range of stakeholder perspectives to ensure they are taken into account in the development of the proposed site. As such, CDPL invites you to participate in its consultation and engagement in the coming weeks.

The planning application for the proposed Berrybank Wind Farm is now on public exhibition. The public exhibition stage is designed to allow interested locals and other stakeholders to consider the planning application, and to make a formal submission. A submission must be in writing and can be in the form of a letter, email or report. Submissions can support the wind farm, oppose the wind farm, or both support and oppose, including conditional support or opposition. All submissions will be made public and can be viewed by anyone. Submissions are due by 16 November 2009.
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Crookwell 2 wind farm will utilise 46 individual wind turbines for a maximum output of 92MW. Additionally, the wind farm will require the construction of site access roads, an underground network of electrical and communication cables, an electrical substation and switchyard to connect to the national electricity grid as well as site control and facilities buildings.
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Following the Berrybank Wind Farm Information Day in late 2008, Union Fenosa Wind Australia (UFWA) and the project team have been building planning application for the proposed wind farm.

Using the information gathered from the Information Day, subsequent stakeholder discussions and further on the ground investigations the assessments which are required to formally assess a planning application for a wind farm have been concluded. This includes investigation into the following areas; Read More

The wind farm will comprise of 46 individual wind turbines each of 2 Megawatt (MW) generating capacity to give a total wind farm generating capacity of 92 MW. The green energy generated each year is about 242 GWh, which is equivalent to the energy required to power 45,000 average households.