Squadron Energy’s proposed 420MW Moreton Hill Wind Farm has obtained state planning approval in Victoria.
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Victorian Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny has approved the project’s environment report and the planning permits have now been granted.
These approval is an important milestone for the wind project, which will be located on Wadawurrung Country approximately 35km southwest of Ballarat.
The wind farm will have up to 62 turbines, producing enough electricity to power around 260,000 homes and prevent almost 350,000 tonnes of emissions annually.
The wind farm will connect into the electricity network via a new underground 220kV powerline to the Berrybank terminal station about nine kilometres south of the wind farm.
The project now awaits Commonwealth consent under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
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