A proposed wind farm in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region is expected to generate millions of dollars in community benefits over its 35-year lifespan.
The proposed Parron Wind Farm is located on a grazing and cropping property near Badginarra in the Shire of Dandaragan .The Shire of Dandaragan is set to receive millions of dollars in community benefit funds from a proposed wind farm. Parron Developments and Atmos Renewables plan to build the 79-turbine Parron Wind Farm on a 8,400-hectare farm at Badgingarra, 200 kilometres north of Perth.
Tim Stevenson and his family have worked the cropping and grazing property for more than 30 years, establishing Parron Developments more than eight years ago to diversify their business. 'We're sheep farmers and always have been and to de-risk the operation and get an income stream for the next 35 years was the prime reason for it,' he said. Plans for the Parron Wind Farm include 79 wind turbine generators capable of producing up to 489MW of energy. The company has interests in more than 1.8GW of renewable assets via a dozen operational wind, solar, and battery projects across eastern Australia. In Western Australia, Atmos is in the late stage of developing a 100-megawatt battery in Merredin in the Wheatbelt. For the Parron Wind Farm, the company has committed to pay $1,000 per megawatt of energy generated per year into a community benefit fund. At maximum generation capacity, this will add up to almost half a million dollars per year and more than $17 million over the 35-year life of the project.'We see that as a huge benefit that we can put back into the community and share the love with people from these types of developments and hopefully increase the population in the rural communities,' Mr Stevenson said
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