I believe we should be using as much renewable energy as we can. The non renewable energy sources should be saved for things that can not use renewable energy as easy , that way non renewable energy will last for many generations to come. Of course there may be some negatives but the many positives out way them . I support the wind farm and I am jealous I don't have some on my propity.

I fully support renewable energy. We need to use all alternatives to fossil fuels. Wind farms are a low impact form and support farmers in tough times.

This needs to go ahead. We have stalled too long on clean energy projects - compared to Europe or the US we are way behind.

The more clean electricity we have, the less coal we have to burn, the benefits of that are obvious.

Also, giving the local farmers another income source can only be a good thing.

Please let this project go ahead.

I wish to see further development of such attractive alternative energy systems within both the State of New South Wales and the Commonwealth of Australia as is proposed here for the Rye Park Wind Farm project as is proposed here for the Rye Park Wind Farm project in the areas of Boorowa, Upper Lachlan and Yass Valley.

This particular proposal would appear to have many attractive aspects for both the local population and the wider population affected by both this and similar proposals.

Locally, it would seem to have many advantages, providing non-disruptive economic growth, long-term employment opportunities, and stable, drought-proof income to the immediate area now dependent on uncertain agricultural financial benefits.

More widely it would provide a large boost to the sustainable energy resources of the State, feeding a sizeable amount of clean and available energy into the State electricity grid.

The current proposal from Trustpower, in applying for Planning Approval, would appear to have addressed most of the concerns of local residents and business relating to its visual and economic impacts, leaving a most attractive package of minimal disruption and long-term benefits to the surrounding areas. The changes to income availability and distribution, and to employment opportunities would seem to be entirely positive for all immediately concerned.

In the longer term there is to be no impact on water resources or on grazing activities in the region, a position which is a welcome alternative to any involving the use, mining or destruction of fossil fuel reserves. As a visitor to the region, I would find that the appearance of the area is enhanced by the sight of such aesthetically pleasing and graceful, non-polluting structures as wind turbines, especially as they would be evident in only relatively small numbers, and would be of exotic appearance in a rural setting, eventually blending completely with the nature and style of the areas in which they would be located.

Such considerations are to be very favourably compared to the immediate destruction and visual degradation of any other type of energy-producing proposals, and to their long-term negative impacts on the clean and peaceful appearance and nature of this basically agricultural region.

I would strongly approve of your giving Planning Approval to this project.

I write in support of the proposal to establish the wind farm. I believe the benefits and positive aspects of the project are many, including:
- it will provide a significant financial benefit to landholders, employees, suppliers and the local community generally
- it's a necessary response to climate change and it helps support the carbon pollution reduction targets of the government
- it contributes to the necessary and urgent switch away from carbon energy to renewable energy sources
- the proposal has been well managed in terms of community consultation and there is widespread support for it to proceed.

I personally am convinced by the overwhelming weight of scientific studies and evidence that there are no significant demonstrable ill effects to human or animal health from proximity to wind turbine technology or operations, and I think that objections to the project on these grounds are baseless.

I recommend the approval of the project and congratulate the proponents on their contribution to clean energy and action to limit climate change, as well the well being and sustainability of the local community at and around Yass and Ryde Park.

Yours sincerely

Peter Page

I wish to lodge my submission in opposition to the proposed Rye Park wind turbine development for the following reasons:
1) In regard to the site and access roads of the above development, I deplore the obvious destruction and ongoing adverse affects on this fragile and pristine area of untouched bush and native grassland, known habitat for several endangered plants and birds.
2) This destruction will also apply to the widening of local access roads with the tearing down of many magnificent roadside eucalypt trees which provide shade, shelter and nesting sites for possums, sugar gliders and many birds
3) The noise and disruption brought by the constant flow of double D trucks, heavy machinery and long turbine towers to local roads making it even more hazardous for local traffic and school buses.
4) With one of the proposed access roads to be used by these large vehicles incorporating Banks Street and Yass Road, (the Main Street) right through the centre of the village, I am fearful for the safety of the several children who walk or ride their bikes to the local school as well as the school buses and residents who enjoy walking or horse riding around the village.
5) I am also concerned with the possible noise factor considering the quite close proximity of the turbines and the effect on the pupils and staff attending Rye Park School as well as other residents
6 Another grave concern of the majority of Rye Park residents is the significant drop in the value of their home or property. This possibility has been raised by several real estate and stock and station agents who themselves will not be affected by the above project from information but who have information gathered from other wind tower developments. Their quotes have been from 40 to 60% . Many residents rely on the sale of their property as future superannuation or as in my own case for funds to enter a retirement or nursing home facility,
7) When I attended an Information Day last September hosted by the Trustpower Company, I spoke to the Developer Manager
Rontheo van Zyl on the company's policy of pulling down the wind towers once they were no longer producing electricity. He informed me The Trustpower Company would be responsible in the dismantling of the hyear turbines, however should Trustpower sell their company onto another company, this policy may no longer apply especially if the new owners were declared bankrupt. When I asked Mr van Zyl would Trustpower consider
replacing defunked wind towers, he said,quote, " Probably not as Trustpower will be involved with developing solar energy by then" i.e after 25 - 30 years, the average life of a wind turbine.
In this light, I cannot understand why the government don' t for go wind power, already yesterday's news in Europe and the USA, and put all the money they are investing wind power into
Installing Solari panels on every available roof in towns and cities and feed the surplus into the grid..

I make this submission in order to promote action to minimise the effects of burning fossil fuels on the terrestrial and marine environments. Any clean energy project, such as a wind farm, contributes to this objective.
Australia contributes more per capita CO2 to the atmosphere and to the oceans than ANY other country.
It is our duty to our kids and the world that we take real action to save the climate.

Australia has dragged its heels on adopting clean, modern, renewable energy for too long. Our power system remains dominated by dirty coal-fuelled power stations which emit enormous quantities of carbon dioxide, in addition to other pollution from the mining and waste disposal processes. It is the carbon dioxide emissions which are responsible for destabilisation of the climate, contributing to events such as flood, drought, coral bleaching and sea level rise.

While extreme weather events have always happened on occasion, and will always happen, the number of "50-year" flood events or "once in 100 year" storms in recent years is becoming ridiculous, costing us lives and livelihoods. There is every reason to believe that this is a consequence of greenhouse gas pollution. Our only sane option is to reduce emissions. Displacing coal-fired electricity generation with clean power sources such as wind and solar energy is one of the most cost-effective ways to do so.

Please consider favourably the significant contribution which the proposed Rye Park Wind Farm will make.

I reside in regional NSW and I strongly support approval of this proposed wind farm project. It is of critical importance to NSW that our electricity generation meets 21st Century standards, i.e. it needs to be clean, sustainable and efficient. Wind farms meet all of these criteria. Further, they help to reduce production from our archaic and polluting coal fired generation fleet.

Rapidly moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy is of critical importance to the future prosperity of NSW. The recent storm damage suffered in NSW represents a small warning of what is to come if we don't take urgent action to combat climate change.

I have personally developed several wind farms and feel that this project is well designed and appropriate for the area.

I am strongly in favour of Renewable Energy in general and this project in particular.

We cannot wait any longer to take decisive action on climate change. We must conserve energy wherever possible and make a smooth but rapid transition to Renewable Energy.

Solar and wind farms are the way of the future and must be not only allowed but actively encouraged.