Pottinger Wind Farm

I object to this wind farm for many reasons, including, it ruins the natural landscape, having large white metallic objects in the sky ruins the natural beauty of the area. It effects bird migration, increases risks of bush fires, which is a problem considering how rural the area is and how slow the response to a fire would be. They would be inefficient considering the small amount of wind the area gets and therefore would be a waste of money. They are also not good for the environment since in the process of breaking down they devalue the land by polluting the soil and damaging the wildlife around.

I object to the Pottinger Wind Factory, its an atrocious waste of food producing agricultural land.
Many water ways will be adversely affected.
The critically endangered Plains Wanderer is at risk of being wiped out!

Cease and Desist up to 108 3-Bladed Wind Turbines aka Pottinger Wind Farm proposal.
Cease and Desist 3-Bladed Wind Turbines/Farms Immediately.
Kill Nothing by Ceasing 3-Bladed Wind Turbines/Farms Immediately,
Turbines Killing Internationally Protected Migratory Birds, Endangered Species, Critically Endangered Species, and Bats, vital to OUR EXISTENCE did you know.
I'm tired of this government Planning More Harm and Loss to Environment All On Country Environment for No reason.
Lying to us, yes, yes, yes, about Cost. Well well well, Hey Hey Hey, Name The Price gov.au for Renewables, you say are What ? Clean ! Liars.
Liars.
Liars.
Prove they are. You, gov.au, and you in There, Hey NSW DPHI.
You need an Investigation.
Immediately.
Minns Labor Government has handed down the highest taxing budget in NSW history with no extra cost of living relief for families across the state, says Leader of the National Party.
I know what you're doing.
Building Infrastructure as a Way of Increasing Cost of Living We Pay for, the People. We, the People, Hey.
I Need a Royal Commission into:
-Renewables
-Coal, as the issue re emissions ??? WHEN the government Sell Sell Sell Australian Coal to China and Have Infrastructure Made in China, Cheap Cheap Cheap, and what else, using Coal, Hey, as a Energy Source, when Australian Government what ! Close up Coal Fired power stations to What ! Look Clean. Huh. Not a Joke, eh you lot as a Department I need Under Investigation Immediately Immediately Immediately Now.
In the World I see Our Birds under Threat unlike EVER before, yes.
I Need 3-Bladed Wind Turbines/Farms Banned Now, in Australia and across the world.
I Demand a Royal Commission Immediately into Net Zero, the Greatest Scam offered by governments worldwide, when issues are Obvious across Australia re Inappropriate Land Management over time, Enabled by Australian Government, State Governments, Local Governments, Responsible, Yes, Responsible for:
-Severe Drought.
-Extremes.
-Loss of Groundcovers.
-Loss of Humus.
-Chemical Impacts into our Waterways- How Dare You gov.au.
-Inappropriate PLANNING of Our Nation, the Driest Continent on Earth, under Government Management since 1824.
And you blame What, gov.au ? Climate Change ? Well what are you going to do about it ?
What, offer MORE Anthropogenic Impacts resulting in Cumulative Impacts to Catchments and Wildlife Increasing, not Decreasing.
I Demand a Royal Commission into Renewables and 500 Kv Overhead Transmission Lines and Net Zero Immediately.
Cease and Desist Renewables On Country On Farmland In Wilderness In Oceans Immediately.
Cease and Desist 3-Bladed Wind Turbines/Farms Immediately.
And Do So.
Do So.
And Do So Now.
I view government governing Australia Fully Responsible for Damage Harm and Loss to Original Native Species.
I view government governing Australia needing to Cease Immediately.
I need NSW DPHI under investigation Immediately, for Inability to appropriately Manage Land upon a Dry Continent, changing every Moment whilst Managed by Government, NSW, Australian.
I need to know Who decides which projects are supported.
How many aren't is a Question.
I need Pottinger Wind Farm proposal Ceasing Immediately, as in Now.
I need to know what's going on in government, ignoring International Agreements re Internationally Protected Migratory Birds, under Threat IN AUSTRALIA, IN AUSTRALIA, IN AUSTRALIA, WHY !
WHY !
WHY !
WHY !
How Dare You BREACH International Agreements, gov.au, Australian, State, Local.
The Lies are Incredible you see re Renewables you see.
Lies that will Harm and Cause Loss To Internationally Protected Migratory Birds, Endangered Species, Critically Endangered Species, including Birds flying from ASIA all the way to Victoria for some, but not now, and WHY ?
I Demand a Investigation of government, Australian, State, Local Immediately.
It's going to COST us - the People - the Idea of going Renewables On Country On Farmland In Wilderness In Oceans.
I Need Renewables On Rooftops Only.
I need Bladeless 100% Recyclable Wind Turbines On Rooftops Only From Now.
I Demand a Royal Commission into Net Zero, the Greatest Scam So Far offered by which governments ? Hmmm. Interesting isn't it. Hey.
Quite interesting, hmmm. Very interesting.
Let's see what is Wrong with this idea of Energy making Infrastructure Overseas with Cheap Labour and using Australian Coal that China are Receiving from Australia, Selling Coal overseas and getting Infrastructure we don't need Made in China. Did you know in China the skies are hmmm. You tell me how they are, you there, in our government, suggesting Renewables are Clean, when they aren't at all.
I'm tired of you, gov.au, and I am.
I Demand a Royal Commission into gov.au Immediately.
What are the Reasons ? 86. Not telling you, why ? Well, what do you do with OUR Submissions is a Question. Yes a Question. Yes, a Very Serious Question, I Need Answers to.
Liars all of you.
I know what's going on with Planet Earth. It's SO OBVIOUS. It's Because Governments Harm and Cause Loss To Environment All On Country Environment, into This day into Next day into When ? I Want it Stop Now, Harm and Loss to Environment All On Country Environment for No reason, No reason, No reason.
I know what's going on, and you don't, gov.au.
I see 84 into 187 Issues that are Created by gov.au Impacting Catchments, Wildlife, Original Forests, Vital Wetlands, Swamps.
The List goes On.
Cease and Desist 3-Bladed Wind Turbines/Farms Immediately.
Cease and Desist Pottinger Energy Park Immediately.
Cease and Desist Pottinger Wind Farm proposal Immediately.
I Demand a Serious Investigation of NSW DPHI Immediately. We do Submissions and what for ? To Tick a box is it ? Yes it Is.
How Dare You. How Dare You. How Dare You. Shame on you. Shame on you.
I Hold gov.au Fully Responsible for Harm and Loss to Environment All On Country Environment, Endangered Species, Critically Endangered Species gov.au will Not Cease Harming and Causing Loss to, regardless of International Agreements re Internationally Protected Migratory Birds You have NO Respect for, Why ? Why ? I Want to know. I want to know. I want to know.
In the region Hay are Vital Wetlands for Waterbirds, did you Understand that ?
You are Despicable in our government and I say so.
Cease and Desist 3-Bladed Wind Turbines/Farms Immediately and Do So, And Do So, And Do So.
How Dare You.
How Dare You.
How Dare You gov.au, Worst So Far, Correct.
Worst So Far unfortunately for :
-Farmers
-Community
-Wildlife
-Habitat
-Wetlands
-Farmlands
-Prime Agricultural Lands
-Next 8 Generations
Cease and Desist gov.au.
I need a New Way, that Cares for Country and ALL ON COUNTRY.
Bring it on.
Bring it.

I lodge strong objection to the Pottinger wind power generation facility on the grounds that it is inherently incapable of supplying steady reliable electric power being subject at all times to the vagaries of prevailing winds in the area. Such facilities can never provide steady reliable power and should not therefore ever be contemplated as prime power sources. I submit that engineering design of a bridge that only functions correctly 30% of the time would be manifestly useless and would be condemned as dangerous. I do not see why the same engineering criteria are not applied to wind systems - they do not work! Further the cost is enormous for intermittent power production and to make matters worse these systems destroy native flora and fauna and cause objectionable level of noise to surrounding domiciles. Finally when the do fail disposal of the component part produces another environmental disaster.

I support the Pottinger Wind Farm. Looking forward for the job opportunities during construction.

I'm a young person who has lived in Deniliquin most of my life. I support the Pottinger Wind Farm because of the benefits to the local economy in Deniliquin as well as the job and training opportunities which will be great for young people. I also support this project as the developer is an Australian owned business and the project will be located on land owned by Australian families.

The Pottinger Wind farm is a positive step towards the shift to renewable energy in Australia. I think it is great that an Australian company is playing a role in this transition.

Pottinger Wind Energy Project. As a regular visitor to the Boorooban and Hay area for the last 15 years for recreational reasons, I am pleased to support the proposed Pottinger Wind Energy Project. This development will not only produce valuable wind powered energy, but it will also reduce our carbon footprint by many, many tonnes each year. It will also provide property owners with reliable income for many years and this will play a vital role in supporting these owners in the inevitable drought years that lie ahead. It is vital that the tourist vision of the famous Hay Plains is not impacted by such develoments, and I am pleased to see that this imperative will be met by placing the Pottinger turbines well distant from the Cobb Highway. I commend this proposal.

I have reviewed this project proposal and respond with my knowledge of the farming practices and the habitat values of the land withing and adjacent to the proposed renewable energy development. I support the Pottinger Wind Farm development as it will provided much needed renewable energy to the grid. It's location will not impact the activities of neighbouring farms of detract from the natural beauty of the Hay plains.

We are from a farming background and can appreciate the partnership with local farming families to host the project

This project is an environmental and visual abomination. The carbon footprint of the footings is huge and totally hypocritical. As lifetime farmers and Grazier s in the district we believe it is to the environments detriment.

I believe this project is in the economic interests of the community and environment as a whole. Establishment and continuation of such projects are contributing to a sustainable future at a diversified lower economic cost benefiting wider society.

1. "As a business owner in the community, I fully support the Pottinger Energy Park wind farm. This project promises to stimulate our local economy by creating jobs and increasing demand for local services. The dedicated efforts to enhance our infrastructure and the Benefits Sharing Program are exactly what we need to keep our community thriving. This is a golden opportunity for economic growth that we should all get behind."

It provides a fantastic opportunity to utilise land for renewable power closer to markets that need it and away from populations whilst not detracting from the farming capacity of the land. It is a Win Win for energy users, land owners and the community.

Submission that the Pottinger Wind Farm be a controlled action, not be granted a building permit and NEVER be constructed

1. I believe that the Pottinger Wind Farm relies on the Medieval technology of Wind Turbines, powered by a weather fuel the Wind. Are totally inefficient, unreliable and totally uneconomic and should never be considered as being suitable to provide baseload electricity 24/7 to a modern society.

This is because Wind turbines can only produce electricity, when the wind speed is between 12kms/hr and 90kms/hr. As a result, Wind turbines are reported to produce electricity on average for only 35% of their rated capacity or on average for eight hours per day, this leads to random periods of hours, WITHOUT ANY ELECTRICITY BEING PRODUCED, (occasionally in some calm periods, wind turbines produce NO electricity for days at a time. These random calm or gale force periods of zero electricity production, has to be provided to the consumer by a second, standby, backup electricity generator either coal or gas, which makes the cost to the consumer, unnecessarily high.

The claim by Pottinger Wind Farm that it will power 830,000 homes (for 24hrs/day) is highly misleading. The fact that as quoted above wind turbines only produce on average 35% of their rated capacity, means that in actual fact Pottinger Wind Farm will only power 830,000 homes for 8 hours a day. The other 16 hours the 830,000 homes will have to find another source of power such as coal or gas, making Pottinger Wind Farm completely uneconomical. To claim the BESS will fill the gap, is to double count the production of Pottinger Wind Farm.

2. The spreading of thousands of Wind Turbines across rural Australia will end up creating the great danger, of having horrendous bushfires on an annual basis.

Rural Australia is known as one of the most bushfire prone areas on Earth. Scattering tens of thousands of wind turbines (individually known to catch fire occasionally and the older they get the more likely it is to happen) on 250m high towers across the Countryside. This must increase the risk of a fire starting from a Wind Turbine100,000 times. The risk will encompass all rural landholders, country towns and rural cities. Everybody will be in danger and on tenterhooks, every Total Fire Ban Day. The danger of a fire reaching serious proportions, is greatly increased as the Wind Turbines, physical height, (250m), blade diameter and created wind turbulence, stops any ariel water bombers operating within 5km to 10km of any Wind Farm. This would mean any fire started by malfunctioning wind turbine, would reach major proportions before any attempt could be made to control it. The loss of life, loss of livestock, wildlife and property has potential to be huge. The presence of the wind turbines will greatly endanger all residents, livestock, wildlife and the property of Rural Australia See wind turbines when they burn. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVHzfUWul2Y

3. The Pottinger Wind Farm will slaughter iconic birds and bats, over a 50 km area of the Hay district, for 24 hours a day. It will be very detrimental to the local ecology. Particularly decimate protected Wedge Tail Eagles.

4. When all the processes that go into the construction of Wind Turbines. A. mining. B. Transport. C. Manufacture. D. Transport. E. Site preparation and construction. E. Operation. F. Dismantling and restoration. G. Transport. Disposal of Waste to landfill.. When all these procedures are taken into account, there is a strong possibility that more so call Green House gases will have been produced, than saved by the intermittent production of the Pottinger Wind Farm.

5. If it should be approved to be built, then the Pottinger Wind Farm should be mandated to have a Public Liability policy to cover fire and other possible damage to surrounding areas of at least $500million to $1billion.
For the above reasons I strongly believe the Pottinger Wind Farm should definitely not be granted a planning permit.

Pottinger Wind Farm - SSD-59235464. I am writing in supportof the Wind farm project. I have been a Kangaroo and rabbit shooter on the Wargum property and have an intimate knowledge of the area proposed. The siting of the project at West Burrumbogie and with turbines in the North section of Wargum is an excellent choice. There is sufficient distance to the Cobb highway to preserve the landscape and also plenty of distance to the homestead. The siting of the wind farm is also a practical choice with is proximity to existing high voltage power lines. I am a supporter of wind energy technology and support the Hooke family at Wargum in their involvement.

This process is the most difficult and CANNOT be legal! Placing my objection to the Pottinger Wind project could NOT have more hurdles and inefficiencies. I OBJECT to the Pottinger Wind Project because of our unique landscapes on the Hay Plains. We are such an individual parcel of the earth and none other like it in the southern hemisphere and only two others world wide. I don’t believe that any of the energy projects are looking out for our environment and are nothing but a huge transfer of $$$. The inefficiencies of turbines, the fact that they require base load power to go, and the drain on our natural resources to construct, transport and erect have not been adequately factored in. Also the decommissioning of the sight needs some sort of a bond applied for and airtight guarantee that the land WILL infact be returned to it’s NATURAL state. The roads in our area are not designed to take this volume of traffic, both in size and amount. Who is covering the roads maintenance?

I OBJECT to the Pottinger wind project due to the fact that it will be taking away for the productive lands of our agricultural area. The fact that very few of the many turbines I’ve seen are ever being productive. Also Due to the fact that they need base load power to run and Due to the fact of the amount of natural resources needed to build and erect these monstrosities. They are NOT ENVIRO FRIENDLY!!!!

I am a strong supporter of the Pottinger Wind Farm,I am especially impressed by how the involved landholders have managed their farms with a strong environmental consciousness. I understand the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) process, which typically spans over 24 months, aims to assess the impact on local biodiversity thoroughly. From what I've seen, the EIS for the Pottinger project has been conducted with precision and care. I want to especially commend the landholders for their proactive efforts over many years to identify and protect environmentally valuable areas, which have been completely excluded from the development's footprint. This thoughtful consideration demonstrates a commitment to safeguarding the land and community interests."

This project will only contribute to catastrophic damage to our national electricity grid given that renewables are too unreliable to power a modern economy.

The planned environmental damage to native flora and fauna and waterways is unforgiveable. The loss of agricultural land will create food security issues. The land will be unliveable for both the people and the native wildlife given the industrialisation of the area.