Wind Watch is a registered educational charity, founded in 2005. |
Council wants to retain control of windfarm proposal
Credit: ABC News, www.abc.net.au 15 February 2012 ~~
Translate: FROM English | TO English
Translate: FROM English | TO English
The Moyne Council in south-western Victoria, is embroiled in a debate with a neighbouring council over a windfarm proposal.
The Southern Grampians Council has asked Planning Minister Matthew Guy to call in the application for a 223-turbine windfarm at Penshurst, north of Port Fairy.
The windfarm straddles the two municipalities.
Moyne Mayor Jim Doukas says his council wants to maintain planning control over the proposal.
He says it would be one of the largest windfarms in the state and local government should have a major say.
“If the minister decides to become the responsible (authority) and we don’t know whether he will or won’t because we haven’t made a decision yet, that takes a lot of power out of the hands of local government,” he said.
“They’re the ones that make all the assessments, they’re the ones who make the decision.”
This article is the work of the source indicated. Any opinions expressed in it are not necessarily those of National Wind Watch.
The copyright of this article resides with the author or publisher indicated. As part of its noncommercial educational effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development to a global audience seeking such information, National Wind Watch endeavors to observe “fair use” as provided for in section 107 of U.S. Copyright Law and similar “fair dealing” provisions of the copyright laws of other nations. Send requests to excerpt, general inquiries, and comments via e-mail.
Wind Watch relies entirely on User Contributions |
(via Stripe) |
(via Paypal) |
Share: