Victoria's storms leave farmer dead and hundreds of thousands without power Storms and bushfires have wreaked havoc on parts of Victoria, leaving one person dead and thousands without power. Transmission towers collapsed as a result of the storms that have caused significant damage across Victoria. Source: AAP / Con Chronis KEY POINTS A dairy farmer has been killed and … Continue reading Thousands Without Power In Vic.
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Fresh Wind Farm Battle
47 wind turbines are government approved to be built in brolga buffer zones at the proposed Golden Plains wind farm.
Victoria’s Tesla Big Battery Catches Fire
30th July, 2021 By Mark Ludlow and Angela Macdonald-Smith, Financial Review Source: https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/victoria-s-tesla-big-battery-catches-fire-20210730-p58eg7 French renewable giant Neoen’s Victorian Big Battery at Geelong caught fire on Friday, only a day after it began operations. In the first major fire at big battery project in Australia, a Tesla Megapack battery caught fire at the 300 megawatt battery project at … Continue reading Victoria’s Tesla Big Battery Catches Fire
Wind Farm Legal Fight
'A group, including affected farmers, will take on planning minister Richard Wynne and the project's proponent West-wind Energy at trial after the $1.5 billion Golden Plains wind farm northwest of Geelong was ticked off by the state and federal governments.
Objector Hamish Cumming, and Rokewood farmers Adam Walton and Kellie Walton, who are also behind the challenge, say the number of turbines included in the project should be reduced from 228 to about 130 to protect the brolga bird that breed in the area.'-Chad Van Estrop-Geelong Advertiser.
