Mortlake South Wind Farm

Benefits

• The Mortlake South Wind Farm will bring significant economic activity and benefits to the Mortlake region.
• The project will provide a substantial additional economic focus in the Moyne Shire, independent of, but complimentary to ongoing dairying, grazing, cropping, tourism and associated service activities of the shire.
• Generate a construction peak workforce of 80-100 construction jobs.
• Provide 5-10 ongoing full time positions on site.
• Provide a diversified income for host landowners.
• Provide a substantial increase in Moyne shire’s rates base.
• Result in the establishment of a Community Benefit Fund to share the benefits of the project with the towns and community surrounding the development, for the operational life of the project.
• Result in the establishment of a local sponsorship program for the life of the project.
• Clean energy equivalent to the consumption of around 40,000 homes anually.
• 80-100 manufacturing and installation jobs.
• The wind farm supports local sporting and community events and has assisted community groups.

Current Status

ACCIONA has established an information hub within Mortlake's Information Centre. The Information Centre is located at 103 Dunlop Street Mortlake and is open Monday-Friday, 9am to 4pm. Here you will have an opportunity to speak with one of ACCIONA's staff as well as view material relating to the project. Please come and have a chat, we would love to see you. If you prefer to register a set time please call our freecall community information hotline 1800 283 550, or contact us by email at mortlake@acciona.com.

Additional information, including updates on ACCIONA Energy’s current Mortlake South Community Sponsorship program, can be found in our regular community newsletters. We can also be contacted via our freecall community information hotline 1800 283 550, or by email, mortlake@acciona.com, or by post, PO Box 252, South Melbourne VIC 3205.

For copies of the latest Mortlake South Wind Farm newsletter please click here.

MORTLAKE SOUTH WIND FARM PLANNING PERMIT AMENDMENT APPLICATION

ACCIONA is pleased to announce that on 23 April 2017 the Minister for Planning approved our application to the Department of Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP) to allow for the use of contemporary wind turbine technology. This application sought consent to amend the Mortlake South project to: 

• Reduce the number of turbines from 51 to 42;
• Change the maximum turbine tip height from 141 metres to 186 metres; and
• Comply with more stringent NZS6808:2010 noise standards.

This design was informed by input from our community engagement work - we thank you for your input.

From here, we will continue the development process with the aim of delivering this exciting project by 2020.

ACCIONA are pleased to provide all our supporting material for this application along with a link to the resultant planning permit which is available to view here.

• Mortlake South Planning Permit Amendment Application - Form 3 - Public Notice
• Mortlake South Planning Permit Amendment Application
• Appendix 1 - Planning Permit 2008_0538
• Appendix 2 - Extension of Time Request Approval
• Appendix 3 - Conceptual Grid Connection Plan
• Appendix 4 - Land Titles in Endorsed and Amended Planning Permit
• Appendix 5 - Mortlake South Wind Farm Endorsed Layout
• Appendix 6 - Panel Report
• Appendix 7 - Mortlake South Wind Farm Amended Layout
• Appendix 8 - Community Engagement Committee - Project Update Dec 2015
• Appendix 8 - Community Engagement Committee - Project Update Feb 2016
• Appendix 8 - Community Engagement Committee - Project Update March 2016 
• Appendix 8 - Community Engagement Committee - Project Update August 2016 
• Appendix 8 - Lions Club Newsletter February 2016
• Appendix 8 - Newsletter-Edition 10, December 2015
• Appendix 8 - Newsletter-Edition 11 February 2016
• Appendix 8 - Open House Poster, Community Benefits, February 2016
• Appendix 8 - Open House Poster, Project Update, February 2016
• Appendix 8 - Open House Poster, Visualisation Explanation, February 2016
• Appendix 9 - Correspondence - CASA
• Appendix 9 - Correspondence - CFA - Environmental Management Plan
• Appendix 9 - Correspondence - CFA - Environmental Management Plan - 2
• Appendix 9 - Correspondence - Corangamite Shire - Traffic Impact Assessment
• Appendix 9 - Correspondence - DELWP - Flora and Fauna Report
• Appendix 9 - Correspondence - Moyne Shire - Traffic Impact Assessment
• Appendix 9 - Correspondence - VicRoads - Traffic Impact Assessment and Traffic Management Plan
• Appendix 10 - Acoustics Report
• Appendix 11 - Flora and Fauna Report
• Appendix 12 - Shadow Flicker and Blade Glint Report
• Appendix 13 - Electromagnetic Interference Report
• Appendix 14 - Aviation Report
• Appendix 15 - Landscape and Visual Amenity Report - Main Report
• Appendix 15 - Landscape and Visual Amenity Report - Appendices
• Appendix 16 - Traffic and Transport Report