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Stock & Land: ‘Wind farm debate revs up’

Leigh Ewbank

Louise Preece reports on the launch of the Victorian Wind Alliance for Stock & Land:

Wind farm debate revs up

THE colossal turbine blades at eight wind farms are currently rotating across Victoria, creating enough power for about 200,000 homes.

Although more will be finished by the end of 2012, the issue continues to place a deep rift between communities.

Harnessing wind offers a valuable renewable energy source, but noise, health and aesthetic complaints over turbines are still surfacing.

Will a solution to the debate ever be reached?

At Ballarat – near what is one of the biggest wind farm in Australia at Waubra – Andrew Bray has been helping to organise the official launch of the Victorian Wind Alliance.

It’s a new organisation that supports wind farming and he is one of the eight committee members across the State.

This week the alliance put out a call to Victorians who support the energy source to use town meetings and social media to make their voices heard. Continue reading “Stock & Land: ‘Wind farm debate revs up’”

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Herald Weekly Times: ‘Vic Labor backs wind’

Leigh Ewbank

Samantha Landy reports on the opposition leader Daniel Andrews’ pro-wind farming stance and the launch of the Victorian Wind Alliance for the Herald Weekly Times: VICTORIAN opposition leader Daniel Andrews has affirmed his support for wind energy. The Labor leader slammed the Baillieu Government for crippling Victoria’s “once thriving wind energy sector” in his speech at a Melbourne Press Club lunch on Tuesday, saying its anti-wind farm stance had cost the state jobs, particularly in regional Victoria. “Wind energy investment and job creation has been fundamentally compromised by the Baillieu Government,” Mr Andrews said. “To cripple these projects is poor … Continue reading Herald Weekly Times: ‘Vic Labor backs wind’

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Herald Weekly Times: ‘Victorian Wind Alliance to promote industry’

Leigh Ewbank

The Herald Weekly Times‘ Samantha Landy reports on the launch of the Victorian Wind Alliance (Oct 9):

 

A NEW organisation aimed at building support for wind energy in Victoria is set to launch tomorrow.

The Victorian Wind Alliance, made up of wind workers, landowners, environmental and community groups and anyone else who supports wind energy, hopes to promote the wind energy sector in the face of a halt in wind farm developments.

“The premise is that the majority of Victorians and the majority of Australians support the development of renewable energy,” Friends of the Earth campaigns co-ordinator Cam Walker said.

“Here in Victoria, the government has largely stalled action on renewable energy.

“We want to create a community movement that allows the silent majority to express that support.”

It was revealed in July that planning laws introduced by the Victorian Government in August last year had resulted in no new applications to build wind farms in the state. Continue reading “Herald Weekly Times: ‘Victorian Wind Alliance to promote industry’”

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Vic Wind Alliance: New group to build community support for wind energy in Victoria

Leigh Ewbank

Today marks the launch of a first-of-a-kind alliance in support of wind energy in Victoria. The Victorian Wind Alliance brings together community members, land owners, environment groups, wind workers, small businesses, wind farmers and renewable energy firms to present the benefits of wind farms for jobs, investment community development and our climate (an under-reported story in the media). Friends of the Earth are proud to be a member of Vic Wind.

The Vic Wind Alliance will help project the public’s strong support for wind energy, which remains highly popular despite anti-wind hysteria. Polls commissioned by the Climate Institute and the Clean Energy Council register majority support for wind energy at 75 per cent and greater. A credible CSIRO study on the perceptions of wind energy in regional areas concluded: ‘There is strong  community support for the development of wind farms…” The alliance has plenty of good will to work with.

Here’s the Victorian Wind Alliance’s maiden media release:  Continue reading “Vic Wind Alliance: New group to build community support for wind energy in Victoria”