TRUenergy to appeal South Australia wind farm rejection

Australian utility TRUenergy says it plans to appeal a local council’s decision to reject planning approval for a proposed 123MW wind farm in South Australia (SA).

Proposals for the A$300m ($310m) Stony Gap project – located 125km north of Adelaide – were thrown out by the Goyder Regional Council last week on health concerns relating to noise, the first time a wind farm application had been knocked back at council level under new state government reforms.

TRUenergy, which is owned by Hong Kong-based China Light & Power (CLP), will now contest the ruling at the South Australian Environment, Resources and Development Court.

“We’ve spent considerable time ensuring our plans for Stony Gap comply…

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