Renewable Energy System (RES Group) has secured planning permission for the 51 turbines Twin Creek Wind Farm and battery storage facility, 90 km to the north of Adelaide in South Australia.
The 185 MW Twin Creek project is located near the proposed 275-kV transmission line linking South Australia and New South Wales, Project Energy Connect. It will be built adjacent to a 215 MW energy storage facility.
The layout of the site, fine-tuned by RES through discussions with the local community, sees the turbines maintain a two-kilometer buffer from the nearest non-associated dwellings to keep noise well below guideline levels. Likewise, the layout will be highly sensitive to wildlife in the surrounding area, including southern hairy-nosed wombats and the pygmy blue-tongued lizard. To minimize the impact of the development on their habitats, the number of turbines has been limited and biodiversity offset areas have been identified to improve the outlook for each species.
Once completed, the South Australia state will be ideally positioned as an exporter of high volumes of renewable energy to the eastern seaboard.
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