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🧵22 june marks @hepburnwind's 10th anniversary of generating clean energy!
since the very first kWh sent into the grid ten years ago, gale & gusto, the two turbines of australia's first community-owned wind farm have generated more than 100,000,000 kWh!
here's how it happened:
since the very first kWh sent into the grid ten years ago, gale & gusto, the two turbines of australia's first community-owned wind farm have generated more than 100,000,000 kWh!
here's how it happened:
in 2004 a developer proposed the clarkes hill wind farm, about 30km from #daylesford.
a number of daylesford locals went along to the dean town hall for a "community consultation", excited to hear all about it.
but when they arrived, the atmosphere was hostile, almost violent!
a number of daylesford locals went along to the dean town hall for a "community consultation", excited to hear all about it.
but when they arrived, the atmosphere was hostile, almost violent!
the developer was run out of town & the anti-wind mob — themselves largely from out of town — celebrated a "victory".
the daylesford crew left the meeting devastated that the community's first response was knee-jerk opposition.
on the way home they promised to change the story.
the daylesford crew left the meeting devastated that the community's first response was knee-jerk opposition.
on the way home they promised to change the story.
From 5pm today #Kyneton #Daylesford and #Creswick Hospitals and residential aged care facilities will be in lockdown. It effectively means no visitors. @WINNews_Ben @WINNews_Bal
"Any visitor or family member will only be permitted to enter the facility under exceptional circumstances or where the patient or resident is receiving end of life care."
From Kyneton District Health: "Patients and residents are NOT isolated in their rooms unless unwell with an infectious illness. They remain free to move anywhere within the perimeter of the facilities..Medical specialists will still be able to visit..."
