MORTLAKE SOUTH EDITION 19 | JUNE 2020 WIND FARM 1 PROJECT UPDATE 2 GRID CONNECTION CONSTRUCTION & OPERATIONS & Welcome to the 19th edition of the Mortlake South Wind Farm Newsletter. This newsletter 3 MAINTENANCE BUILDING provides information and updates about the project. The Mortlake South Wind Farm SMALL GRANTS /SPONSORSHIPS is located approximately 5kms south of Mortlake and 7kms north of Terang, within 4 Moyne Shire. ACCIONA looks forward to continuing a positive relationship with the local TURBINE INSTALLATION & MEET community as construction continues and we thank you for your interest in the project. 5 THE TEAM NEIGHBOURHOOD BENEFIT 6 PROGRAM & LANDSCAPING Project Update

The project will produce 530Gwh of clean Works have been continuing onsite, with have been installed within the wind farm site. energy each year, which is enough to power strict measures in place to reduce the risk of about 115,000 homes annually. The construction spreading COVID-19 and protect the health and The wind farm substation, on the corner of Tapps phase will mean the creation of around 100 safety of staff, contractors and the community. Lane and Chamallak Lane, is really taking shape jobs, plus around 10 in the operational phase. and completion is expected in August 2020. The electrical works have been the major focus We are heading into an exciting period for with RJE Global installing the Medium Voltage Nordex (the company who will install the the Mortlake South Wind Farm. Civil works (MV) reticulation cables. These 33kV cables wind turbines) have mobilised to site. The project is expecting the first delivery of turbine on the wind farm are now complete, and we link the turbines to the onsite substation. have completed the conduit installation for components in June, which are the first group of the 220kV underground connection line. Over 21km out of a total 39.5km of the MV cables steel towers from Haywards Steel in Tasmania.

Wind Farm Substation.

MORTLAKE SOUTH WIND FARM NEWSLETTER | EDITION 19 | JUNE 2020 1 Earlier in the year, ACCIONA and John Beever Australia completed the civil works which included:

• Pouring all 35-wind turbine concrete foundations.

• Constructing 18km of the access track network, which connects the wind turbines and allows vehicles and machinery to access to hardstands.

• Upgrading 9.8km of public roads, Steel fixing underway at a wind turbine foundation. including widening Chamallak Lane and Grinters Lane, sealing 2.3km of Tapps Lane, upgrading the bridge on Tapps Lane crossing Stony Creek, and improving the intersection of Terang- Mortlake Road and Tapps Lane.

• Fixing around 2,200 tonnes of steel within the wind turbine foundations and mixing approximately 22,000m3 of concrete onsite.

Concrete pouring at a wind turbine foundation.

Grid Connection

Construction of the 220kv underground connection line is flying along. The 15 km of conduit installation has already been completed and backfilled. The underground connection line will connect the wind farm to the National Electricity Grid via the Terang Terminal Station.

The electrical cables are now being pulled through the conduits in one-kilometre sections and connected together at the joint bays.

This requires specialist equipment to haul the 42km of cable, which is only 125mm in diameter!

Trenching and backfilling commenced from Protective florescent warning tape made from plastic mesh. Tapps Lane, within the Mortlake South Wind Farm construction area, and has progressed in stages towards the Terang Terminal Station.

You will have noticed traffic controls in place when works are occurring within the road reserves on Riley’s Road, Bramich Lane and Keilambete Road.

ACCIONA will continue to work closely with Moyne and Corangamite Shires to ensure traffic impacts are minimised. We have also been consulting with local landowners along the route to ensure they are informed about the construction method and progress. We expect the 220kV underground connection line works to be completed by September 2020. Laying the conduits in the underground connection line trench.

MORTLAKE SOUTH WIND FARM NEWSLETTER | EDITION 19 | JUNE 2020 2 Indicative Construction Timeframes

March 2019 - September 2019 May 2020 – October 2020 Public Road Upgrades Construction of Operations and Maintenance Building

July 2019 - February 2020 June 2020 – April 2021 Civil Balance of Plant (BoP) Construction Delivery and Installation of Main Turbine Components

December 2019 – August 2020 Early 2021 Electrical Balance of Plant and Substation Construction Commence Testing and Commissioning of Turbines

February 2020 – September 2020 2021 Underground Transmission Line Construction Project Completion

Operations & Maintenance Building

Bolden Constructions have commenced This is located on the pad next to the The operations team will provide 10 full construction of the Operations and Maintenance existing temporary site offices. The O&M time ongoing jobs (comprised of wind Building (O&M Building) on the corner of building will be an office, warehouse turbine technicians, administration and a Tapps Lane and the Terang-Mortlake Road. and workshop for the operations team. site manager). This team will be based on site full time for the life of the wind farm. Meteorological masts

You may have noticed recently that four new meteorological masts (met masts) have been installed. The met masts look a bit like radio towers, but they collect data on the wind patterns.

Two of these towers are temporary and will be removed in the coming months, and two will remain in place for the operational phase of the project. COVID-19

We hope everyone is staying safe. Works have been continuing on site, with strict measurements in place to keep staff, contractors and the community safe.

ACCIONA have implemented social distancing on all of our sites and is committed to stopping the spread of coronavirus.

3 MORTLAKE SOUTH WIND FARM NEWSLETTER | EDITION 19 | JUNE 2020 Small Grants / Sponsorship Program

ACCIONA is proud to continue supporting Twenty-six groups will benefit from funding ACCIONA established the Small Grants and local community groups through the annual this year, for an exciting range of projects and Sponsorship Program in 2010. Since then Small Grants and Sponsorship Program. events. We are really pleased to be in a position it has contributed more than $175,000 to provide financial support to various groups in to local community groups in Mortlake, the community, and we look forward to seeing and Terang. The program will these projects and events come to fruition. continue for the life of the wind farm.

COMMUNITY GROUP PROJECT Athletics South West Turbines New uniforms

Corangamite Regional Library Corporation – Nature Bus education for Libraries, a Nurture in Terang and Mortlake Libraries Nature initiative

Corangamite Shire Council Family and Nature Bus education for Early Childhood Tanya Moloney with her students at the Children’s Services Centres, a Nurture in Nature initiative Nature Bus, a Nurture in Nature Initiative. Country Women’s Association of – Australia Day Celebrations 2021 Mortlake Evening Branch

ACCIONA is helping to provide outdoor learning, nature Crank it Racing Crank it Racing Pedal Prix event play and environmental education to Early Childhood Centres, Schools and Libraries across the Corangamite Mortlake and District Historical Society Inc. ‘The Ark’ Garden Revival Shire Council. Mortlake Bowls Club Shelter Replacement

Mortlake College Multi-Purpose Health, Fitness and Wellness Centre

Mortlake Group of Fire Brigades Weather Metres

Mortlake Kindergarten Inc. Shade Sail for Playground

Mt Shadwell Calisthenics Club Inc. Storage for Club Costumes

Music Homestead Incorporated Let’s Talk Festival

Noorat and District Agricultural Pastoral Noorat Show Society Inc. The 2019 Terang College Energy Breakthrough team with their pedal powered vehicles. Noorat Primary School Shade Sail for Playground

Noorat Residents Association Phase two of the Noorat Walking Path Up- grades

ACCIONA will sponsor the Terang College Noorat Writers Group Noorat Writers Festival Energy Breakthrough program again this year. Students participate in a program to build human powered vehicles and race them in a national St Coleman’s Primary School Peace Garden development competition. St James Anglican Church 123rd Annual Rose Show

Terang and District Indoor Sports and Virtual Group Fitness Studio Recreation Centre Terang Athletics Club Terang Gift 2020

Terang College Energy Breakthrough Program

Terang Hospital Auxiliary Fundraising Jazz Afternoon

Terang Olympic Basketball Association New uniforms

Terang Progress Association Terang Colour Festival

ACCIONA’s Community Relations Coordinator, Kirsten Terang RSL Sub Branch Landscaping for Tram W87 Project Lee presenting Terang College Energy Breakthrough Coordinator, Ben Dennis with the sponsorship in 2019. Mortlake Football Netball Club New netball equipment

MORTLAKE SOUTH WIND FARM NEWSLETTER | EDITION 19 | JUNE 2020 4 Turbine Installation

The turbines used on the Mortlake South Wind Farm will be Nordex N149 4.5MW machines.

Nordex (the company who will install the wind turbines) has mobilised to site. They have set up a warehouse next to the existing site office, which will store small turbine components, such as bolts. Nordex Warehouse located next to the site offices on Tapps Lane.

The steel towers on the Mortlake South The blades are all manufactured in Spain, and Wind Farm are milled in Australia. They the nacelles are manufactured in Spain and are being manufactured by Keppel Germany. In August, the blades and nacelles Prince in Portland and Haywards Steel will begin delivery from the Port of Portland Fabrication and Construction in Tasmania. to site.

The first group of steel towers will begin ACCIONA is proud to utilise locally made delivery in early June, from Haywards steel and has used steel from Keppel Prince Steel. These towers will arrive at the Port in Portland on other Victorian projects of and be transported to site (Waubra Wind Farm and Mt Gellibrand Wind via the Western and Glenelg Highways Farm). In addition to the direct impacts, as per the endorsed traffic management procuring locally made steel for the Mortlake plan. In August, the second group of South Wind Farm has contributed to the steel towers will start being transported expansion of the Keppel Prince wind tower to site from Keppel Prince in Portland. manufacturing facilities, by placing advance orders for the purchase of wind towers.

A steel tower being erected on the Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm. Meet the Team

ACCIONA is committed to providing opportunities for students to build their careers in the industry. Meet a current and former intern below.

Baxter Howard Nick Mason

Baxter is a South Purrumbete local who is working Nick is a former Civil Engineering Intern with ACCIONA, on the Mortlake South Wind Farm as an Electrical working as part of the company’s bid for the Melbourne Engineering Intern. He is studying an Honours Metro Tunnel project whilst studying in 2016. He then degree of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at continued full time as a graduate on the Harwood Deakin University in . Baxter likes all kinds Bridge in NSW before deciding to join the Mortlake of sports including cricket and hockey, and before South Wind Farm team as a Site and Project Controls this project he recently returned from a year in the Engineer. Growing up on a dairy farm in Gippsland, USA. Baxter hopes to continue building a future Nick is enjoying being back in country Victoria and with ACCIONA in the renewable energy industry. attempting to find the best meat pies in the south west.

5 MORTLAKE SOUTH WIND FARM NEWSLETTER | EDITION 19 | JUNE 2020 Neighbourhood Benefit Program

The Neighbourhood Benefit Program is a If you live within 4km of a wind turbine proximity payment, based on dwellings located (own or rent the dwelling) and have not yet within proximity bands from wind turbine applied, please contact us. Also, if you are a generators. The payments are not made in cash business who would like to accept these cards – they are made via pre-loaded EFTPOS cards, via your existing EFTPOS machines, please let known as Neighbourhood Benefits Cards. us know. There are currently 41 participating businesses across the three towns. This program shares the benefits of the wind farm with the people who live closest to the Applications will be open again for the project, and also ensures money is spent within second round of Neighbourhood Benefits the local community at participating businesses Cards for eligible households, mid this year. in Mortlake, Noorat and Terang. This program Look out for this sticker in the window of will continue annually for the next 10 years. participating businesses in the program in Terang, Noorat and Mortlake. Off-Site Landscaping

Landscaping and visual screening is offered to owners of dwellings within 4km of a wind turbine generator, to help reduce the visual impact of the wind farm. If you own an eligible dwelling within this area, please submit an expression of interest to receive a visual screening assessment from a qualified landscape architect.

The landscaping plan will be designed to suit your needs and preferences, where possible. ACCIONA will arrange this meeting and cover all costs involved for the plan, tree planting and maintenance for 3 years.

We have engaged Pollen Studio to design the landscaping plans and oversee installation and maintenance. Please contact us (via phone or email) if you own an eligible house and are interested in receiving a visual screening assessment from Pollen Studio. ACCIONA and Pollen Studio staff meet with neighbouring landowners to discuss landscaping options.

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