OSMI Australia has opened a public comment period for the planning application for the up to 200MW Delburn wind farm in the Australian state of Victoria.
Formal notices have been posted to all landowners and residents within 5km of the project boundary and published in the local papers, as directed by the Department of Environment Land Water and Planning.
Delburn is a proposal to construct a wind energy facility with 33 turbines, associated infrastructure and 50MW battery storage in the Strzelecki Ranges, to the south of the Latrobe Valley.
The site has a total area of 4778 hectares and crosses into three different local government areas of Latrobe City, South Gippsland Shire and Baw Baw Shire.
The wind farm requires a planning permit under the provisions of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 within the Latrobe, South Gippsland and Baw Baw Planning Schemes.
The Minister for Planning is the Responsible Authority for assessing and determining the planning permit application.
The period for formal public comment is open until 18 August.
Delburn’s turbines will have a maximum height of 250 metres above foundation level to the blade tip, a maximum rotor diameter of 180 metres, and a lower tip sweep of not less than 40 metres above foundation level and adjacent hard stand areas.
Approximately 41km of site access tracks will be built, comprising 30km of existing forestry access tracks to be upgraded and 11km of new tracks.
About 120km of underground 33kV electrical reticulation and fibre optic cabling will connect the turbines to the substation including cable junction boxes.