Dundonnell Wind Farm

The Environment Effects Statement (EES) and planning permit applications were submitted to the relevant authorities in April 2015 and the final planning approval for the wind farm was granted in July 2016 for up to 96 turbines. Approval was also granted under the commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

In December 2017, the Minister for Planning approved a variation to the maximum tip-height of the turbines, increasing this from 165m to 189m. The total number of turbines to be installed was also reduced from up to 96 to up to 88.

An electronic copy of the main EES document is available below. If you would like to view any attachments to this document we can provide these on request.

The Dundonnell Wind Farm will produce enough clean energy each year to power about 245,000 homes and save the emission of roughly 1.3 million tonnes of carbon. This is the equivalent of removing about 440,000 cars from our roads. 

Since 2009 there have been many long running flora, fauna, heritage and other environmental assessments undertaken at the Dundonnell site. This has resulted in a wealth of documented information that previously did not exist. 

Wind farms offer many other benefits including drought-proofing farms and improving access for fire fighters through the creation of additional fire breaks.

Tilt Renewables is committed to open and honest dialogue with all stakeholders, with an aim to build and enhance community acceptance and trust in all projects and in the renewable energy industry as a whole.

We welcome your feedback if you have any concerns or believe you can provide local insight into matters which we should address as we enter this next stage of the project.

As part of our community engagement, we look forward to hosting a “Drop In” Day on Wednesday 28 November, between 3-7pm at our regional shopfront at 97 Dunlop Street, Mortlake.

We encourage all community members to drop in to find out more about the Dundonnell Wind Farm.

Further details about this day, as well as regular opening times for the shop front leading up to and during construction will be made available soon.

We are also committed to providing financial support to the local community through community benefit programs. Work on a community fund will begin when construction of the project commences and will be administered by a community-led group.

A Wind Farm brings many direct opportunities for employment to the region during both the construction phase and ongoing operations once the Wind Farm is commissioned. 

Flow on employment benefits are also achieved as the project brings demand for local business services and consumer goods. Most regions have a range of businesses that will provide services to a wind farm project. 

These include:

• Domestic scale electricians;
  
• Transport operators;
  
• Competent machine operators;
  
• General labourers;
  
• Quarries; and
  
• Concrete businesses.
  

The Dundonnell Wind Farm will directly employ 200 staff during the construction period, which will be up to three years. Economic assessments indicate the multiplier effect will sustain around 1595 jobs per year throughout this construction period. Once operational, the proposed Dundonnell Wind Farm will employ 10 full-time staff during its 25 year operation

To register interest in providing goods or services for the Dundonnell Wind Farm project please click here and complete the form. 

Alternatively, you can contact us using our details provided below.

For further information on the Dundonnell Wind Farm please contact the project team at [email protected] or on 1800 122 823.

If you have a complaint, please contact us at [email protected] or on 1800 306 118.

You can find Tilt Renewables' Complaints Handling Procedure here. Whilst a copy of the Dundonnell Wind Farm Compliants Management Plan is available below: 

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