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$180 million wind plant proposed for Glenthompson
A huge $180 million wind farm has been proposed for Glenthompson giving the drought-hit district a timely boost.
If the wind farm goes ahead – which is highly likely given the State Government’s enthusiastic support generally for wind farms – it will easily be the second largest development in Southern Grampians Shire, only behind the $270 million Iluka development in Hamilton and Balmoral.
February 15, 2007
by Brian O’Brien
in The Spectator
A huge $180 million wind farm has been proposed for Glenthompson giving the drought-hit district a timely boost.
If the wind farm goes ahead – which is highly likely given the State Government’s enthusiastic support generally for wind farms – it will easily be the second largest development in Southern Grampians Shire, only behind the $270 million Iluka development in Hamilton and Balmoral.
It would also be the first wind farm totally sited in the shire – currently there is a proposed small wind farm at Woodhouse but Southern Grampians and Moyne shires share the planning responsibility.
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