Landholders

Host Landholder Benefits

The wind farm will provide significant annual income across 39 host landowners for the life of the wind farm. This economic boost to farmers enables them to secure supplementary income annually, for decades, through lease arrangements with the wind farm. This income provides a stable addition to farming income and helps to counteract swings in commodity prices and ‘drought-proof’ farms.

There are no financial costs for farmers to be able to receive supplementary income, as the developer takes on the development costs and once the wind farm is constructed, farmers benefit from the partnership and on-going income throughout the life of the wind farm. This sustains the farming practice and provides protection to the farming land for years to come. It also allows farmers to farm more sustainably by removing the pressure to maximise income from the land.

Some properties with high quality native vegetation and protected flora and fauna can secure additional income through environmental offsets that remain protected in perpetuity. The roads constructed by the developer give landholders all weather access across their property which improves management practices and emergency access.

The wind farm provides increased generation assets geographically closer to Victoria’s load centre (Melbourne and Geelong) which will reduce transmission losses and assist in grid stability.