An Allendale East dairy farmer says he is not prepared to pull his blinds down to keep flashing lights out at night, nor will he put up with the endless noise of humming wind turbines if the proposed Allendale Wind Farm goes ahead on his doorstep.

Richard Paltridge told The Border Watch he strongly objects to the multi-million dollar green power project with 49 turbines, which is currently awaiting approval before construction can start next year.

"I love this area, it's beautiful and I don't want the scenery spoiled by high towers when I am going to have 13 turbines within close view," he said.

"My concerns are the flashing lights on the towers which will keep us awake at night, the noise so close to our homes and the swarms of birds and ducks that are going to be chopped up.

"A farmer friend near Lakes Entrance told me he had a lot of problems with noise and shadow flickering - the turbines were making him sick, gave him headaches and he couldn't sleep at night.

"I want residents to think very carefully and not just believe everything they are told."

While wind energy companies are selling wind as the new oil, Mr Paltridge remains suspicious.

"It worries me that laws in Germany require turbines to be at least 2km away from dwellings and in California it is 3km, but in Australia it seems to be only 500 metres," he said.

He warned the 11 Allendale East landholders who may host the turbines on their land to carefully read conditions in lease agreements with developer Acciona Energy before signing.

"Landholders in other parts of the country have had trouble when they discovered they were held responsible or liable when fires break out in turbines or when it causes spot fires on the ground," Mr Paltridge said.

"Landholders can also be held responsible for the dismantling of turbines after 25 years."

Mr Paltridge said he was also not impressed by wind farm energy companies' claim that they create jobs.

"They say they are going to create 11 permanent jobs on the Allendale Wind Farm, but we are creating as many, if not more, jobs on our dairy farms with the ongoing effect of people buying our milk," he said.

But according to Acciona Energy, South Australian standards set for wind farms in terms of issues such as noise for instance, are more rigorous than in the rest of Australia.

"Acciona Energy will monitor the noise of turbines on the properties (in Allendale East) and work that into the proposed layout to meet the standards," an Acciona Energy spokesman said, adding that the distance of turbines from Allendale East residences has not yet been determined.

"We haven't finalised the position of aviation safety lights on the turbines yet.

"The lights are not mandatory on turbines lower than 110 metres.

"Some of the Allendale Wind Farm turbines will be 100 metres high while others will be 80 metres high."

The spokesman said the risk of birds being killed by turbine blades was "very low" and so was the risk of turbine fires.

"There are fire protection controls inside turbines and monitoring equipment that alert us when the risk of fire is rising," he said.

"The purpose is to shut down the turbine before a fire occurs."

After a lifespan of 25 years, turbines are to be dismantled and some landholders in other parts of Australia claim they have been held responsible in their lease agreements for dismantling costs, which are currently as high as $250,000 per turbine.

But the Acciona Energy spokesman assured Allendale East landholders that the responsibility and cost of dismantling turbines would not come down on landholders after a 25-year lease agreement period.

Residents will this week be notified of the process they can follow to voice objections or make submissions, according to Grant District Council chief executive Russell Peate.

"They will then have 14 days to lodge their submissions before it goes to an independent assessment panel where every view will be taken into account," Mr Peate said.