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Project Update Community Consultative Committee 22 November 2018 1 Content White Rock Wind Farm Project update Community Consultative Committee 22 November 2018 1 Content 1. Project overview 2. WRWF Stage 1 Operations 3. Community Engagement 4. WRWF Stage 2 Update 5. White Rock Solar Farm Project overview • Consented July 2012 • Goldwind acquired project in 2014 • 119 turbines consented • WRWF Stage 1 (Operational) • GW121 2.5 MW turbine • 175 MW • 60 m blade length • 150m tip height • WRWF Stage 2 (Proposed) • GW140 3.57 MW turbine • Up to 171 MW • Up to 85 m blade length • 200 m tip height Stage 1 Operations • Operational as of 19 March 2018 • Operations team based in O&M Facility, off Gwydir Highway • Rehabilitation and site clean-up ongoing, final fencing work • Noise compliance testing completed, report sent to DPE and EPA for review, report states we are compliant • On-site landscaping underway around compound • Off-site landscaping underway for all eligible landowners within 5 km of the project • Biodiversity Offset Package being finalized with OEH Substation Harmonic Filters • Currently being installed at substation • Ensure WRWF meets its GPS requirements with TransGrid/AEMO • Completed by December 2018 Community Engagement Webmail, 1800#, and complaints will go through to Sunny Rutherford, Community Engagement Manager, in Sydney Wind Farm Open Day held on Sunday 21 October 2018, 331 people attended, weather hampered activity (Lightning Alert) Community Fund There were 57 valid applications for funding totaling $747,666 Next year, funding round starts in April 2019 The three forms will be consolidated into two (<$5,000, >$5,000) 2018 Community Fund Allocation PROJECTS <$5,000 PROJECTS >$5,000 Swan Vale Tennis Club: Outdoor shelter Arts North West: Lift Off! festival GLENRAC Inc: Newsletters Glen Innes Lioness Club: Catering caravan refit Art on the Corner: Art competition Glen Innes Minor League: Water storage tank Deepwater Community Radio: Air conditioning Glen Innes Public School P&C: Painting and storage Glen Innes and District Tennis Assoc: Upgrade facilities Glen Innes Rugby Union Club: Night lighting Glen Innes Community Drug Action Team: Event Glen Innes Showground CLM: Painting of grandstand equipment Glen Innes Family and Youth Services: Purchase sewing Wellingrove Progress Association: Shipping machines containers Glen Innes Junior AFL Club: Equipment Glen Innes Rugby League: Pump shed INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS Glen Innes Community Christmas Day Luncheon: Ben Lomond War Memorial Hall: Replace windows Santa’s visit Emmaville Pony Club: Jumping equipment Glen Innes & District Cricket Association: Safety fence Tingha Recreation Reserve: Equipment Glen Innes Pistol Club: Stage 3 of range refurbishment HN McLean Memorial Retirement Village Auxiliary: PA system Inverell Little Athletics: High jump mats WRWF Stage 2 Project Overview • 48 x Goldwind GW140 3S Smart Wind Turbine PMDD (3.57 MW) (indicative) • 19 original EA Approved, 9 minor and 20 relocated turbines • 171 MW maximum generating capacity • 200 m tip height, based on 130 m tower height and 70 m blade length • Optional 85 m maximum blade, with 115 m tower height • 33.5 km of internal access track (estimated) • Up to 66 km of internal 33kV underground reticulation • 6 additional 33 kV overhead lines (7 km total) required • Upgrade to existing 132 kV substation (+50 %) • 13 km of external 132 kV overhead line (Mod 4) • Additional 132-to-330 kV substation (Mod 4) • 3 temporary and 2 permanent monitoring masts • Construction facilities, laydown and batch plant locations WRWF S1 + S2 Project Map 10 WRWF Stage 2 – Planning Update • Response to Submissions submitted September 2018 • Department of Planning reviewing RtS and submissions • Additional comments from OEH to be addressed • Additional assessment for RMS on blade transportation (77.5m and 85m blades) • DPE estimate draft conditions by early next year • Intention to install additional wind monitoring mast early 2019 WRWF Stage 2 – EPBC Referral • WRWF Stage 2 is a Controlled Action • Key species under consideration: • White Box-Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland and Derived Native Grassland ecological community (BGGW) - Critically Endangered • Regent Honeyeater – Critically Endangered • Swift Parrot – Critically Endangered • Spot-tailed Quoll, Spotted-tail Quoll, Tiger Quoll (southeastern mainland population) – Endangered • Koala (combined populations of Queensland, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory) – Vulnerable. • Additionally, potential impacts on the following bat species: • Large-eared Pied Bat, Large Pied Bat • Corben's Long-eared Bat, South-eastern Long-eared Bat • Grey-headed Flying-fox • Preliminary Information Report prepared, submitted for exhibition – no comments received • Final round of exhibiting before progress within DoEE WRWF Stage 2 Timeline January 2018 February 2018 May 2018 September January 2019 February 2019 Q3/4 2019 Q2/3 2021 •Mod 6 submitted •Mod 6 Exhibition •Undertake 2018 •Mod 6 approved •EPBC Referral •Stage 2 •Stage 2 to DPE •Prepare additional •Submit RtS for •Seek BOP EOI approved Construction Construction Response to surveys approval •Progress Starts Ends Submissions •Prepare •Submit EPBC PIR Connection (RtS) Response to report Studies Submissions •Install wind mast (RtS) White Rock Solar Farm • Construction completed June 2018 • Commissioning and grid compliance testing ongoing • Can generate up to 10MW as of November 2018 whilst tests underway • Expect to complete testing by end of 2018 • Endangered Ecological Community (EEC) Rehabilitation underway, with plantings to be completed over coming 2 weeks. This is condition of consent. White Rock Solar Farm White Rock Solar Farm White Rock Solar Farm www.whiterockwindfarm.com [email protected] 1800 859 660 www.whiterocksolarfarm.com [email protected] 1800 074 115.
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