Australia’s first community wind farm, to be situated on Leonards Hill, has been approved.

Gippsland Friends of Future Generations has more:

The wind farm proposal consists of two wind turbines, with an overall height of 109 metres, to be built on farmland at 2040 Ballan-Daylesford Rd, Leonards Hill about 10km south of Daylesford.

The two turbines will have a capacity of 4 Megawatts and will produce enough energy for well over 2,000 homes.

There appears to be an appeal of the decision in the works, so the project is still not a certainty - but it’s looking likely it will go ahead.