$650m windfarm - power for thousands, while caring for breeding, flocking brolgas

The $650 million wind farm, to be built
near Dundonnell, will have 96 turbines.

Victoria's most productive wind farm generating enough power for 140,000 households will be built in the south-west after the state government approved the plans.

The $650 million wind farm, to be built near Dundonnell, will have 96 turbines.

Once completed, it will produce enough power to supply the combined populations of Ballarat and Warrnambool.

The project will create an estimated 300 jobs during construction, with 16 positions once it is built.

The plans received 135 submissions, including 49 in support.

The wind farm's layout was designed to accommodate brolga breeding and flocking habits, according to the government.

Read Benjamin Preiss’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “Record-breaking, brolga-friendly, $650m wind farm gets government green light.”