Rye Park Wind Farm

I am satisfied that bringing growth into the area via introduction of renewable energy will benefit the local community in the short and long term. Introduction of permanent jobs and indirect benefits to the community.
I am happy that trustpower has consulted with neighbours and is entering agreements with them.
I am aware that there will be a community enhancement fund that will have ongoing benefits to the local area.

Clean energy makes sense, most other developed nations were early adopters of the technology and we are lagging.

I agree & support this project

I am a host landholder along with my wife Linda of the proposed Rye Park Windfarm and I am very proud to be part of such a regionally and personally significant project. I have livestock and cropping on the property and I know that construction will be very inconvenient, but long term, once operating, will have very little impact day to day. The rental income from our 5 turbines will allow us to do much needed improvements to our property and eventually build a house on the farm. We are currently renting a house 40 kilometres from the farm. We have no hesitation building the house within 2 kilometres of the nearest turbine. The money we spend on improvements will mostly spent in Boorowa and Rye Park. We will also be able to reduce our farm and overdraft debt.

We have independently researched windfarms and believe the noise impacts will be negligible because the sound of wind most days is what you here. I personally like the serene appearance of the turbines. I know they have little environmental impact in operation but enormous environmental benefits because of the clean renewable power produced compared with polluting alternatives like coal fired power stations feed by coal mines.

Regionally it would be hard to think of a less intrusive project that could produce such large financial benefits. Not only is there millions of dollars pouring into the local economy but there is also a community fund of close to $300,000. This will be very useful for community projects. I am involved with local voluntary committees struggling for funds that could provide even better services with the help of this money.

So for the sake of the State, the Country, Environment, local farmers, businesses and most importantly, the hard working local people pass this submission please,

yours sincerely, Paul Cavangh

The Rye Park Wind Facility Biodiversity Assessment Addendum does not rate any of it's impacts on the environment as significant, and yet it involves:
100 km of new formed tracks;
12.5 km of 330 kv Power line easements;
18.6 km of new tracts for the above easements.
16 has of permanent damage to soil by footings and hardstands.

By any measure these impacts are significant.

What scale do these energy speculators use?

PP 42 of the Biodiversity Assessment Addendum states under 5.2.1. that the loss of 240 ha of native vegetation including 2 EEC's is "recognised but not considered to be substantial in this context".

What scale or measure are they using, the loss of 240 ha of native vegetation is substantial, no farmer in the south east of NSW or anywhere in Victoria would be able to get away with this!

Obviously NSW applies 2 sets of rules, one for uncontrolled wind turbine proposals on the basis of winding Sydney's Green Vote, another for NSW's rural citizens.

This submission totally avoids the cumulative effect of land clearing associated with other approved Wind Energy Industrial complexs such as Yass Valley, Conroys Gap, Culerain Range, Crookwell and on and on and on.

The cumulative effect on land clearing of threatened EEC's in southern NSW from Industrial Wind developments is potenitally devastating to the Yellow Box Red Gum Woodland. This EEC the subject on 100's or landowner Landcare Projects supported by Federal Funding. Therefore on the one hand you have farmers trying to restore Yellow Box EEC and on the other hand the Wind Industry Dozing it over with the consent and blessing of an inept NSW Planning system.

Biodiversity Assessment Addendum Section 5.6 Collision Risks:

Who do these Clowns think their fooling?

They have increased Blade Diameter from 90 to 130 metres, dropped the Blade Arc from 45 metres above ground to 27 metres above ground and yet the they maintain statements such as:

"is unlikely to result in a significant impact to the Superb Parrot"
The Rainbow Bee-eater will just Dodge the extrat blades;
That the Powerful Owl just hangs out around its tree hollow and roost sites 24/7. Do these Clowns expect us to believe that the Powerfull Owl doesn't actually fly around its 30km by 30 km range at night seeking a meal.

Blade stike with blades at 27 meters above ground, and a few metres above tree tops will be inevitable.

These assursions (pp 48-51) are just wilding optimistic wind turbine propaganda and totally fail any "sanity test".

This Project should be thrown out in full, these people have no credibility.

Our property has been a family concern for almost 100 years.

With reduced income and increasing running costs this could potentially mean that the next generation will have to move from the area to seek other employment. This will inevitablty effect our small schools and nearby towns.

The introduction of the Wind Farm will have a positive effect on the above matters of concern by introducing employment and necessary income for land owners. It will not effect the numbers of livestock or the management of the farms and will improve access with maintained roads.

Yes I Strongly support this major project.

I wish to OBJECT to the above proposal.

I understand my property, which I have owned since 2013, is less than 2kms from the proposed wind farm, yet I have received absolutely no correspondence, information or consultation about the proposal. I have had to rely on neighbours' recent updates as I do NOT have internet access. Not all of us live in a castle or sit in an office all day every day.

My objections are based on the following:

1. Negligence of developer to contact surrounding property owners. Given the scale of the proposal, it is not unreasonable to expect an equivalent scale to contact those who are most affected. Withholding information from new owners since... when? 2008??? at least 2013 - that I know for a fact, is not acceptable.

2. Environmental impact on native fauna, flora, habitats, communities, domestic stock, cultural and heritage items. The impact of this proposal is catastrophic and contravenes all local, regional and state environmental instruments. In our small estate alone, the impact is immeasurable as it contains all of the above which we would be devastated to lose (inevitable if this proposal goes ahead).

3. Value of properties. Although I personally do not consider the monetary value of my property of importance, the intrinsic value of my property, the estate, the township and all surrounding areas is of incredible value to all of us. This proposal will destroy all we hold dear, not only for those of us who are horrified at this proposed monstrosity and are currently attempting to protect the land and people we love, but for countless of future generations.

4. Impact on enjoyment of properties. I have absolutely no doubt that the noise, health, environmental, aesthetic, construction/maintenance issues of this proposal will not just impact, but actually DESTROY all enjoyment of our properties, both commercially and privately.

I ask that these objections be considered with a view by the decision maker that this proposal is next to your own home. Imagine if this proposal was next to your house? This is NOT a suitable location for this project. I would be happy to elaborate on any or all of the above at any time.

Thanking you and kind regards.

YES
- I am satisfied that this development will have an economic boost to the community
- I am happy that Trustpower has entered into Neighbourhood agreements
-this project will come with a community enhancement fund which will benefit the whole community

We are 100% in favour of the development of the Rye Park Wind Farm. We are excited about the community being involved in what is the renewable energy resource of the future. We feel that there will be a great positive flow on effect , from the jobs created and general upgrade of roads and infrastructure, that all the district will benefit from.

I do not support the use of wind turbine as a source for power generation. the ROI for wind turbines makes it a less than viable solution. the noise that is generated by these units is also unacceptable to the people that live nearby.
This should be a solar farm. the panels will outlast the turbines 100 fold and cause no issues due to no moving parts.
I cannot condone tax payers dollars being spent in this manner.

RYE PARK WIND FARM PROJECT:

I wish to submit my approval of this project for the following reasons:

We live in a neighbouring village which will benefit from this proposal from extra casual employment during the building phase and $300,000 of each year will be paid directly to community organisations through the legislated Community Enhancement Fund contribution which will help enormously the infrastructure of the area.

There will be 39 full time ongoing jobs available providing more people working in the community which will ensure the future of local schools and sporting teams and means more money being spent in the community - which stimulates business and creates more jobs.

There will be 109 turbines on the ridges and in the valleys surrounding our area which will generate 1,192 Gigawatt hours (GWh) per annum. This is enough electricity to power 130,000 homes, the equivalent of removing 260,000 cars. The carbon footprint is estimated to be paid back in nine months.

Rye Park's strong and consistent wind makes a wind farm an efficient use of
agricultural land. A solar farm would need to cover about 750 ha's with solar panels to
produce the same amount of energy as this project. By contrast, this project impacts
just 100 ha's of the total project site of 13,500 ha's.

The financial resilience of the local farming economy will be increased and help farmers manage periods of drought and fickle commodity prices.

The construction of the wind farm and associated infrastructure will have negligible
impact on continued grazing activities. The wind farm will mostly use existing farm
tracks and virtually all electrical cabling within the wind farm will run underground. Using the ridges and valleys will minimize the visual impact of the towers.

Unlike coalburning power plants, wind farms use no water in their operation, leaving
local rivers and creeks untouched.

The developer is required to make good on any road damage incurred through the
construction period. Experience from other wind farms in Australia strongly indicates
that local council roads are actually improved by the presence of a wind farm.

RYE PARK WIND FARM PROJECT:

I wish to submit my approval of this project for the following reasons:

We live in a neighbouring village which will benefit from this proposal from extra casual employment during the building phase and $300,000 of each year will be paid directly to community organisations through the legislated Community Enhancement Fund contribution which will help enormously the infrastructure of the area.

There will be 39 full time ongoing jobs available providing more people working in the community which will ensure the future of local schools and sporting teams and means more money being spent in the community - which stimulates business and creates more jobs.

There will be 109 turbines on the ridges and in the valleys surrounding our area which will generate 1,192 Gigawatt hours (GWh) per annum. This is enough electricity to power 130,000 homes, the equivalent of removing 260,000 cars. The carbon footprint is estimated to be paid back in nine months.

Rye Park's strong and consistent wind makes a wind farm an efficient use of
agricultural land. A solar farm would need to cover about 750 ha's with solar panels to
produce the same amount of energy as this project. By contrast, this project impacts
just 100 ha's of the total project site of 13,500 ha's.

The financial resilience of the local farming economy will be increased and help farmers manage periods of drought and fickle commodity prices.

The construction of the wind farm and associated infrastructure will have negligible
impact on continued grazing activities. The wind farm will mostly use existing farm
tracks and virtually all electrical cabling within the wind farm will run underground. Using the ridges and valleys will minimize the visual impact of the towers.

Unlike coalburning power plants, wind farms use no water in their operation, leaving
local rivers and creeks untouched.

The developer is required to make good on any road damage incurred through the
construction period. Experience from other wind farms in Australia strongly indicates
that local council roads are actually improved by the presence of a wind farm.

Wind farms are not only extremely expensive to put in but are absolutely awful to look at. they destroy what is a beautiful Australian landscape. It has been proven that this type of power production is extremely expensive and has a short life expectancy with very high maintenance costs.
Why cant they put in a solar farm like they have successfully at Nyngan and in Western Australia. This has a long life expectancy and isn't near as expensive to put in and maintain.
Wind turbines are actually very noisy to the people that own farms in the near vicinity.
As a tax payer i can not accept that this has been thought through enough and that all viable options have been considered.

Wind farms in this region should NOT go ahead. It's simply a perception that the Government of the day is creating 'greener' energy paths.
There are heavy subsidies payed to the owners of the wind generators annually, which are sourced from the end user, artificially inflating electricity costs. These costs are hardly published.
This technology is OLD and the 'least efficient' of renewable energy options. Solar should the key focus.
Reading the noise impact statement is frighting - "Oh wow" the turbines only run at 40dB - are you kidding, it would be like living near a freeway.
Hundreds of turbines scattered along the ridge lines would look unsightly.

This has to be stopped. Please don't destroy the surrounding farmers lives and families.

I wish to make a submission against the proposed wind farm at Rye Park. I feel the answers and variations from the original submissions didn't adequately address my concerns.

Whie I no longer live at Rye Park, I own property that is within 1 km distance from the nearest proposed turbine. (cemetary Rd) I frequently visit this property and am concerned about the negative impacts this wind farm is likely to have on the area and it's residents.
While the amended plan has reduced the number of turbines and has relocated others, I have the following concerns
1. . I am concerned about the noise and flicker that is associated with wind turbines. The nearest turbines to the cemetary at Rye Park are still very close to the farm houses in that area.
2. A large wind farm will inevitably change the rural character of the area and cause property values to fall.
3. Cemetary Road will be used to gain access to some of the wind farm site. The large trucks required to transport the turbine components will mean that trees along this road will have to be cleared to create enough room for them. This is one of the few remaining remnant native vegetation areas left and will result in a significant loss of native habitat. This loss of vegetation will also greatly affect the visual amenity of the area.
4. The soils in the designated wind farm site are shallow skeletal soils. They are quite rocky and are easily eroded due to their poor structure and the steep slopes found in the area. Any disturbance to soils during construction will cause significant damage. It will also cause siltation of the gullies and streams in the affected area. Any rehabilitation work is likely to be ineffective as was the case when a natural gas pipeline was put through the district some 40 years ago. The scars of this work can still be seen today.
It seems that many of the problems associated with the construction phase have not been adequately addressed and remediation works not outlined.

While I don't live in the Rye Park area, I have several friends who do and am aware or the location of the proposed wind farm.

I support any opportunity to provide Australia with clean, renewable energy and believe that a wind farm in the Rye Park area could do this with very little impact on the surrounding community.

I very much like to see this proposal go ahead

I support Clean energy Wind farms