Pottinger Wind Farm

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Victoria 3517

08/06/2025

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I am a previous owner of one of the properties included in Pottinger Wind Farm. The landscape of the Hay Plains will be preserved due to the project being set back from the Cobb Highway by approximately 20 kilometres. The visual impact of the Pottinger Wind Farm will also be minimised due to the large area of land this project can command resulting in approximately one turbine per 500 acres. The low density of turbines will also eliminate any impact the project could have on the biodiversity of the area.

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New South Wales 2711

07/06/2025

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I do believe the site chosen for the Pottinger Wind Farm development is suitable to construct wind towers. There won’t be a great deal of change to The Hay Plains landscape, and the visual impact for me would be minimal, from my personal familiarity with the project. I cannot envisage any diverse environmental impacts that the development will have on the surrounding area, and with an uninhabited area I cannot see any social impacts. I can see a great economic boom for the local farmers, which is a huge tick. This is just one step to Supporting the transition to renewable energy.

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HAY INC RURAL EDUCATION

New South Wales 2711

07/06/2025

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Hay Inc Rural Education Program supports the Pottinger Wind Farm. The proponents have built a big social license in the local community to be a valuable operator of a renewable energy park. They are seeking to preserve the aesthetic landscape of the Hay Plains as the project is set back from rural residences and major roads, principally the Cobb Highway. The project will assist with much needed stimulation of the local economy with employment and regional economic growth especially in agriculture which will assist the goals of our Hay Inc program. There will be community benefits funds with promised support for not-for-profit organisations and charities in the local community. Regards, Duncan Fraser Hay Incorporated Chair

981

02/06/2025

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To whom it may concern I am expressing my interest in employment on the project as I have experience on solar farm projects and I have spoken at a few toolbox talks Therefore I support the Project Yours Sincerely Kurt Longford

966

Victoria 3149

02/06/2025

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The Plains Renewable Energy Park, located in the Hay Plains of New South Wales, stands as a testament to Australia's commitment to sustainable development, community engagement, and economic growth. This project not only contributes to the nation's renewable energy goals but also fosters local prosperity and environmental stewardship. As one of the few Australian-owned initiatives within the South-West Renewable Energy Zone, The Plains Renewable Energy Park exemplifies local leadership in the transition to renewable energy. The South-West REZ is pivotal in NSW's strategy to achieve a 70% emissions reduction by 2035, with the region attracting significant investments in solar, wind, and battery storage projects. ENGIE, the project's developer, has prioritized building strong relationships with the local community. Through information sessions and consultations in Hay and Booroorban, ENGIE has actively sought local input, ensuring that the project aligns with community values and needs. The project is thoughtfully designed to minimize its visual impact on the Hay Plains. By setting back from major roads, including the Cobb Highway, the development preserves the region's natural beauty while integrating renewable energy infrastructure. Situated on lands owned by Australian farming families, The Plains Renewable Energy Park demonstrates a harmonious blend of agriculture and renewable energy. The integration of wind, solar, and battery storage systems alongside existing agricultural activities ensures that farming operations continue to thrive while contributing to clean energy production. The project is set to inject significant economic benefits into the local economy. By creating local jobs, supporting regional services, and attracting investments, The Plains Renewable Energy Park stimulates economic growth and enhances the resilience of the community. The integration of wind, solar, and battery storage technologies at The Plains Renewable Energy Park contributes to the generation of cleaner energy. This initiative supports Australia's transition to renewable energy, aligning with national goals to reduce emissions and promote sustainability. ENGIE is dedicated to engaging with First Nations communities to ensure that their rights and interests are respected throughout the project's development. By fostering inclusive dialogue and collaboration, The Plains Renewable Energy Park aims to contribute positively to the reconciliation process and support First Nations groups. To further support the local community, The Plains Renewable Energy Park plans to establish Community Benefits Funds. These funds will be dedicated to initiatives that enhance community well-being, support local infrastructure, and promote sustainable development, ensuring that the benefits of the project are shared broadly. In summary, The Plains Renewable Energy Park is a model of sustainable development that balances environmental responsibility with community engagement and economic growth. Through thoughtful planning and collaboration, the project exemplifies how renewable energy initiatives can positively impact both the environment and the communities they serve.

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Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre Aboroginal Corporation

New South Wales 2710

02/06/2025

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Yarkuwa supports developments where Indigenous cultural heritage values are respected and that there is a commitment to closing the gap and supporting First Nations groups. This includes engaging with local traditional owners at every stage of the project which has been undertaken for this development. Yarkuwa expects that developers of projects look for short medium and long term partnership opportunities that also build sustainable employment. It is important that developers recognise that they are impacting on a cultural landscape and demonstrate benefits for local traditional owners. This only comes about through genuine engagement of which this project has undertaken. There are also opportunities to work with partners to find mutual benefits using the same land that is the subject of development. This approach is one which is supported by our organisation

956

New South Wales 2710

01/06/2025

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I support the transition to renewable energy. The Pottinger Wind Farm would be a significant step towards this transition whilst also providing a significant economic benefit to the local community. I also support the project as the only Australian-owned project in the SW-REZ and one that has engaged positively with the local community.

941

Victoria 3149

30/05/2025

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It is important that we are moving away from fossil fuel to support our energy. Therefore by creating this wind farm would generate a lot of renewable energy that can be used instead of fossil fuels significantly benefiting the environment and reducing climate change.

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Giz A Break

Victoria 3630

29/05/2025

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Giz A Break is a small charity that wraps intensive youth work into an off-road touring format. We have been working closely with the Hay community since 2019, when we developed a drought relief program for young people from isolated, heavily agriculture-dependent communities in drought affected New South Wales. We've run close to 20 multi-day mental health prevention programs with young people from Hay since. Our time spent in the community very much showed us quite how dependent the prosperity of Hay is on the climate and agriculture. Hay has lost a comparatively large number of community members to suicide – both old and young – and we have no doubt that the boom and bust of the agricultural cycle has an impact in this regard, as has the lack of access to youth and mental health services. An increase in diversity of opportunities for people living in Hay (in all regards – recreational, educational, access to services, and access to secure employment) would strengthen this and other remote communities enormously. We note that the proposed development would result in significant employment opportunities during the construction phase, and sustained, climate-proof employment opportunities for the next decades. We can see how this diversification and expansion of employment options will help strengthen the social fabric of the remarkable community of Hay.

926

New South Wales 2711

28/05/2025

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I agree with the proposed development to support the town and essential fuel/energy sources

911

New South Wales 2711

27/05/2025

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I am writing in support of the proposed plan for the Pottinger Wind Farm. As someone who works closely with young people in the community, I see this project not only as a positive step toward environmental sustainability but also as a valuable opportunity to create meaningful career pathways for our local youth. The development of this wind farm has the potential to bring a range of benefits to our region, including job creation during construction and operation, increased demand for local services and businesses, educational opportunities through training and apprenticeships, and a strengthened sense of community resilience through investment in renewable energy. I sincerely hope the company follows through with its commitment to support neighbouring properties and provides genuine community incentives that reflect the needs and values of the region.

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New South Wales 2711

23/05/2025

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The project offers significant benefits for our region through investment in renewable energy infrastructure, job creation, and contribution to NSW’s emissions reduction targets. We commend the proponent for its engagement with local stakeholders and alignment with the goals of the South West Renewable Energy Zone (SW REZ). However, we respectfully raise a concern regarding the project’s plan to establish a self-contained accommodation camp for the workforce. While such camps offer convenience during large-scale construction projects, they risk diverting economic benefits away from local businesses—particularly established motels and service providers in nearby towns like Hay. Regional accommodation providers have the capacity and infrastructure to host a portion of the project workforce and would benefit significantly from participation in the project’s economic activity. Utilising existing local accommodation: Strengthens the regional economy through direct and indirect spending Avoids unnecessary duplication of temporary facilities Builds stronger ties between the project and local communities We encourage the Commission and the project proponent to consider a hybrid accommodation model, where a proportion of the workforce—such as management staff, contractors, and short-term consultants—are housed within the community, enabling more equitable economic outcomes for local businesses. This submission is made with the intent to strengthen regional collaboration and ensure that local businesses share in the long-term benefits of this major infrastructure investment. Thank you for considering this perspective. A local business operator Hay, NSW

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New South Wales 2711

21/05/2025

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I am writing to express my strong support for the proposed Pottinger Wind Farm development. As a nearby resident, I believe this project represents a significant step forward in promoting sustainable energy and long-term environmental responsibility in our community. I have a professional background as a licensed electrician, and I am particularly interested in the opportunity to contribute to this project not only as a local supporter but also as a skilled worker. I would welcome the chance to be part of the team that brings this important initiative to life and would be grateful for any opportunity to be considered for relevant roles during its construction or ongoing maintenance phases. Renewable energy is vital for our future, and I’m proud to see this kind of forward-thinking development being considered in our area. I look forward to the positive impact this project will have on our community, both economically and environmentally.

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New South Wales 2710

14/05/2025

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I 100% support the Pottinger proposal on the basis the developer is an Australian company and i have found the team to be trustworthy and earnest in their endeavours to do the right thing by the community and by landholders- including neighbours. None of the land on which the proposed development is considered is sensitive or high-value farmland. I have lived in this area for 72 years and am excited for this to proceed, even though we do not benefit financially as a host landowner. Pottinger in my view has done everything right by the community.

1061

06/06/2025

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Please see attached

Ross Johns 6.6.25 submission 4 redacted.pdf (PDF, 135.19 KB)

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Save Our Surroundings Murrumbidgee

05/06/2025

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Please see scanned submission

Noel Hicks written submission.pdf (PDF, 5.48 MB)

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05/06/2025

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Please see attached

Ross John 5.6.25 submission 3 Redacted.pdf (PDF, 104.03 KB)

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Australian Environment Foundation

Victoria 3181

05/06/2025

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See attached document

Pottinger Wind Farm; final.pdf (PDF, 209.03 KB)

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04/06/2025

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Please see attached email and attachments

Ross email and attachements combined redacted.pdf (PDF, 8.42 MB)

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Wimmera Mallee Environmental and Agricultural Protection Association

New South Wales

04/06/2025

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Appendix submissions to day 1 public meeting

Ross Johns Appendix A to presentation.pdf (PDF, 108.68 KB)

Ross Johns Appendix B Blade shedding.pdf (PDF, 11.96 MB)

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The Energy Realists of Australia

New South Wales 2089

04/06/2025

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General objections to all unreliable energy projects, wind, solar, batteries, pumped hydro. For a start, stop using the term renewables, just tell the truth and call them unreliables. Similarlly, stop talking about clean energy because there is nothing dirty about CO2 (plant food) and the unreliables are filthy by comparison. 1. The ABC of intermittent energy. A. Input to the grid must continuously match the demand. B. The continuity of RE is broken on nights with little or no wind. C. There is no feasible or affordable large-scale storage to bridge the gaps. The ABC explains that the transition to wind and solar power is impossible with current storage technology. Consequently we are approaching a tipping point when coal capacity runs down to the point where there is not be enough dispatchable capacity to meet demand on windless nights. https://newcatallaxy.blog/2023/07/11/approaching-the-tipping-point/ 2. Consider the human and environmental impact through all the stages from mining in remote places overseas to the disposal of toxic junk in local landfill 3. Protect farmland. See Article 2 from the Paris Agreement in 2015. This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the Convention, including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; That means no solar projects, no wind projects, no battery projects on rural land. 4. There is no business case for the unreliable energy providers in the absence of subsidies and mandates. 5. The rising cost of energy has driven many energy-intensive enterprises to the wall or overseas, with more to come. 6. National security is undermined by sourcing most of the expensive and unreliable energy infrastructure from a potentially hostile nation. 7. Count the OPPORTUNITY COST, not just the number of billions that is added to the national debt, think about the hospitals, school, houses, roads, bridges and NDIS services that could be provided using the resources that are buried in the ground underneath wind turbines. AND WE ARE APPROACHING A TIPPING POINT when coal capacity runs down to the point where there is not enough to meet the base load, the minimum supply required day and night. TWO ADDITIONAL CONCERNS A. THE DRYING EFFECT DOWNWIND OF TURBINES (WAKE EFFECTS) This has two effects that are explained in the paper by Ivan Kennedy attached. First, the risk of ignition is enhanced when the vegetation is dried out. Second, with less moisture in the vegetation, it burns HOTTER after it catches fire. B. TOXIC CHEMICALS IN PANELS AND WINDMILL BLADES THAT WILL LEACH INTO THE SOIL AND GROUNDWATER

General objections to wind and solar projects.pdf (PDF, 257.41 KB)

Ivan Kennedy on the wake effects of wind turbines, submitted at a hearing for the Valley of the Winds proposal at Coolah.+_Redacted.pdf (PDF, 1.04 MB)

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New South Wales 2354

02/06/2025

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Contamination and Waste Management are issues that are being swept under the carpet. It’s time the government stop putting renewable targets ahead of the nation’s public health and food security. Please see my attachment for further details:

Wind Turbine Blade Contamination .pdf (PDF, 215 KB)

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Redacted

01/06/2025

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I live in the 2nd flat place on earth I love this fact as sunsets and sunrises are one of the only places in the world you can see both at one time not only are you destroying the view you can’t recycle this machinery where I agree we need to find something for our World but this just isn’t it for us out here we are not going to get any benefits from the energy and you’re destroying our income with tourism. and they can’t be recycled the farmers will not do anything with it and it’ll be landfill as a local of a very small town. All I hear about how good the farmers are going to get paid. What do we get? I want the future for my children’s children to be clean and safe and no I’m not indigenous. I’m just a white born Australian. I don’t know whether it’s Right but I’ve been told you cut down rainforest to actually make the blades for the wind blades. How is that helpful for one Environmental issues to another?

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Australians for Better Government

New South Wales 2478

30/05/2025

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The justification for projects such as this is based upon two false premises: 1. Emissions of carbon dioxide of humans must be minimised because such emissions pose a danger to life on earth. 2. Wind and solar generation facilities will produce cheaper electricity than will coal fired power stations. The first justification is based upon fraud. There is no evidence that carbon dioxide appreciably warms the earth’s atmosphere. As one who has studied thermodynamics to 4th year university level with honours, I am certain that, within in the laws of Physics, carbon dioxide cannot appreciably warm the earth's atmosphere. Its effect is greatly over-shadowed by the effect of water, conduction and convection. In this opinion I am joined by three of the world's most eminent atmospheric physicists, Professor Dr Will Happer, Prof Dr Richard Lindzen and Prof Dr John Clauser. Please watch https://climatethemovie.net and then watch: https://rumble.com/v6s1xd9-the-climate-scam-with-prof-dr-will-happer-hosted-by-commanding-the-narrativ.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp and https://rumble.com/v6ssgz3-how-temperature-records-have-been-falsified.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp Faced with the fact that Anthropogenic Global Warming, now called "Climate Change", is based on a huge well-orchestrated fraud contrived by large financial institutions and backed by the Communist Party of China, the Independent Planning Commission of NSW should have no doubt that proceeding with projects such as this is NOT in the interests of the citizens of New South Wales. The next justification for introducing these systems is that they will produce electricity cheaper than conventional coal-fired power stations. As a mechanical engineer who has, at one time in my career, been responsible for largescale electrical reticulation, I can positively assure you that is not the case. Wind and Solar generation systems, because of their intermittency and the need for large-scale storage, are many times more expensive than conventional coal fired power stations and are destructive to the low-cost operation of baseload generators. The CSIRO report, Gencost, upon which the Government justifies the introduction of these wind and solar systems, is a dreadful, mendacious piece of scholarship. All that matters is, "What is the cost of electricity generated by any system and what is the confidence level that this system will satisfy demand?" Gencost fails to adequately address this. Any supplier of these systems must, as a basic performance specification commit to providing electrical power at a certain cost per kWh and guarantee a certain confidence level that supply will satisfy demand. This has never been done. I have provided you with a paper I have written scoping an 8GW pumped hydro system powered by solar. This paper deduced: 1. To be certain of supply satisfying demand, the storage for such a system would require 4 Warragamba Dams perched at an average height of 800 metres above sea level. This is simply not possible and the cost of this would be huge. 2. The cost of electricity from this facility would likely be in the vicinity of 21 cents/kWh. This is far more than the cost of electricity generated by brown coal, for example, which is somewhere between 2.5 and 3 cents per kWh. Faced with the fact that: 1. "Climate Change" is a huge fraud and there is therefore no point in minimising emissions of carbon dioxide; 2. the cost of electricity generated by wind and solar generators is around 6 times more expensive than that which is produced by coal; and 3. Suppliers of these systems are unable to commit to a meaningful performance specification; namely, the cost of electricity generated by this system and the confidence level that supply will satisfy demand; the Independent Planning Commission must not allow any of these projects to proceed. They are definitely not in the interests of the citizens of New South Wales.

A_RoughScopingOfAn8GigawattSystem with AnnexA.pdf (PDF, 1.99 MB)

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Save Our Surroundings (SOS)

New South Wales 2852

27/05/2025

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It is clear to anyone who analyses the facts that the claims made for this proposed industrial project and all similar projects will not be achieved. Our attached papers "Ruinables vs Renewables V1" and "Do you need to detour?" are based on information provided by proponents, governments, industry bodies, overseas and local actual experiences, and others. Please refer to these papers and reject this destructive proposed project.

SOS - Do you need to detour 250504.pdf (PDF, 686.86 KB)

Ruinables vs Renewables V1.pdf (PDF, 943.91 KB)

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New South Wales 2711

27/05/2025

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As someone that worked on other wind farm projects I have some insight 1 there are no local jobs it all drive in drive out or residential role so we take our caravans an move to a local caravan park that make us local 2 who’s responsible for the clean up at end of life ? The land holder that’s who 3 the little local town can’t support a project of this size all the camp food fuel etc is organised though large groups that can supply on short notice You try ordering 500kg of rump steak form a local butcher

831

New South Wales 2710

14/05/2025

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This is a development I wholeheartedly support. Visual impact of our unique big sky area will be nought to very limited. I am prepared to put my trust in the hands of the developers as a grassroots Australian company . While our financial gain is minimal as non of the towers will be on our farm, i acknowledge the economical boost to our region and in particular our struggling small Booroorban Sporting and Social Club The Pottinger/Someva team has been welcomed into the Booroorban community with open arms.