Tag: windfarm

Lobby group makes waves

The lobbying efforts of the Southern Coast Ocean Care Committee have been recently praised in State Parliament by Independent Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell. The...

Offshore wind zone objection

Hundreds of Port MacDonnell residents are relieved at the State Government’s recommendation that South Australia not be included in the Commonwealth’s proposed offshore wind...

Off-shore windfarm rejected

Aproposed off-shore windfarm in State waters near Kingston has been refused development approval by State Planning Minister Nick Champion. A development application was lodged two...

SA ‘switched off’

The State Government has recommended South Australia not be included in the Commonwealth’s proposed offshore wind farm zone that runs from Warrnambool in Victoria...

City Council supports fish group

Mount Gambier City Council will join other local councils in supporting the South Eastern Professional Fisherman’s Association (SEPFA) submission to the area proposed for...

Windfarm project energy builds

Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen travelled to Portland last week to announce the opening of a consultation period for a...

Turbine time granted

The planning authority has granted extra time to a Spanish-owned company to erect a further 76 wind turbines along the Woakwine Range, west of...

Windfarm expansion in the air

The Spanish-owned company which operates 112 wind turbines at Lake Bonney is seeking to extend the existing planning permission to erect a further 76...

Offshore windfarm creates waves at Bay

There is disquiet in Port MacDonnell about a proposed offshore windfarm according to Independent Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell. Blue Float proposes to build 77...

Blue Tree sparks conversation

Over a dozen members of the Wattle Range Suicide Prevention Network spent their Sunday painting a ‘Blue Tree’. Wattle Range Council gave permission to paint...

Lake main access road sealed

Members of the Lake McIntyre Management Committee have welcomed the recent bitumen sealing of the main access road and parking areas of the Millicent...

Billion dollar windfarm floated

An energy company has proposed a $1.75b windfarm to be located approximately 10km off the coast from Kingston. The area is also close to existing...