Moorabool Project

Some brief points:
Location:                                approximately 5km south of Ballan, Moorabool Shire.
Installed capacity               321 Megawatts (MW).
Expected generation          843,588 Megawatt hours (MWh) each year.
Homes powered                   equivalent to the consumption of 158,000 homes.
Greenhouse savings           843,588 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
Wind turbines                       107 wind turbines.
Site area                                  5600ha.
Site coverage                        less than 0.67% of the site.
Shire rates                              More than $262,000 each year.
Employment estimate      100 (construction) 30 (operational).
Development cost              minimum of $600m.
Landholders                         16.
Project life                             25 to 35 years.
Project status                       Approved November 2010.

Further information available here.

The announcement on the approval can be found here.

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