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AGL Energy — Corporate Update (June 2016)
21 slides from AGL Energy's corporate update, Jun 30, 2016
Slide 1: Coopers Gap Wind Farm Development Proposal Community Consultative Committee
Coopers Gap 1 Wind Farm Development Proposal Community Consultative Committee Thursday 30 June 2016
Slide 2: Agenda
2 Agenda 1. Welcome 2. Coopers Gap Wind Farm – declared project 3. Project status update 4. Wind farms and noise 5. Community group visit to AGL Victorian Wind Farms 6. Other business 7. Next meeting and close » Coopers Gap Wind Farm 30 June 2016
Slide 3: Welcome
3 Welcome Confirmation of March 2015 minutes » Coopers Gap Wind Farm 30 June 2016
Slide 4: 1. Review previous meeting actions
4 1. Review previous meeting actions Action item CCC Status Who Meeting 1 AGL to contact participating landowners to seek expressions of May 2014 Closed HO interests in being on the CCC, when the project gains momentum again. 2. AGL to send out Queensland Draft State Code Wind Farm November Closed H
Slide 5: Coopers Gap Wind Farm – declared a Coordinated Project
5 Coopers Gap Wind Farm – declared a Coordinated Project • Neil Cooke (AGL)
Slide 6: 2. Coopers Gap Wind Farm – Coordinated Project
2. Coopers Gap Wind Farm – Coordinated 6 Project › Office of the Coordinator General (OCG) can ‘declare’ projects of economic, social and or environmental significance to Queensland › Proponents of many of these projects are required to prepare environmental impact statements (EIS) › The EIS will be
Slide 7: 2. Where we are at now
7 2. Where we are at now Steps Key dates: planning approval process Activity 1 7rd June Coopers Gap Wind Farm declared a Coordinated Project of state economic and environmental significance 2 10 June – 11 July Submissions on Terms of Terms of Reference on public exhibition Reference used to develop
Slide 8: Project status update
8 Project status update • Neil Cooke (AGL)
Slide 9: 3. Project status, next steps
9 3. Project status, next steps: › Electrical connection: 275 kV confirmed. Connection Enquiry submitted and responded to by Powerlink › Connection Application being prepared › Silverton Wind Farm tenders received and shortlisting process is ongoing › Preparations commenced for the tender documents
Slide 10: 3. Wind farms, decommissioning and rehabilitation
10 3. Wind farms, decommissioning and rehabilitation › AGL is responsible for all costs and activities associated with the removal of wind turbines on its wind farms › We must submit to the Department, a decommissioning and rehabilitation plan. It must include: › removal of above ground equipment/st
Slide 11: Wind farms and noise
11 Wind farms and noise • Neil Cooke (AGL)
Slide 12: 3. Wind farms and noise
12 3. Wind farms and noise Compliance noise testing - Background noise monitoring is being carried out because the guidelines that govern the measurement of the background noise have changed - The wind farm noise requirements will be specified in any Approval that is given for the wind farm - We wil
Slide 13: 3. Wind farms and noise
13 3. Wind farms and noise Façade noise testing › Based on community feedback, AGL proposes façade testing at a sample of properties neighbouring the wind farm to test on the decibel drop across the façade › Residential properties representative of the area (5 – 6), and to be of different materials:
Slide 14: 3. Wind farms and noise
14 3. Wind farms and noise › AGL has engaged acoustician Rhys Brown from AECOM to carry out the façade testing. Testing will be done in accordance with the appropriate Australian standard. › Suggest two community representatives attend testing › No media representatives present at testing › AGL or c
Slide 15: 3. Wind farms and noise
15 3. Wind farms and noise » Coopers Gap Wind Farm 30 June 2016
Slide 16: Community group visit to AGL Victorian Wind Farms
16 Community group visit to AGL Victorian Wind Farms • Helena Orel (AGL)
Slide 17: 2. Community group visit to AGL's Victorian Wind Farms
2. Community group visit to AGL’s Victorian 17 Wind Farms › 1 – 4 August 2016 › Macarthur Wind Farm – largest in the southern hemisphere › Oaklands Hill Wind Farm – similar style country and layout to Coopers Gap › Travel costs and expenses covered by AGL Energy » Coopers Gap Wind Farm 30 June 2016
Slide 18: 2. Community group visit to AGL's Victorian Wind Farms
2. Community group visit to AGL’s Victorian 18 Wind Farms » Coopers Gap Wind Farm 30 June 2016
Slide 19: 2. Community group visit to AGL's Victorian Wind Farms
2. Community group visit to AGL’s Victorian 19 Wind Farms › Up to 30 participants can attend › Have 12 confirmed – neighbours and hosts, with two tentative › Visit to include South Burnett and Western Downs Council representatives Draft itinerary 1 – 4 August › Monday 1 – Bus from Dalby to Toowoomba
Slide 20: 7. Other business
20 7. Other business › Questions from group and observers? » Coopers Gap Wind Farm 30 June 2016
Slide 21: 8. Next meeting and close
21 8. Next meeting and close › Next meeting: › Date › Time › Location » Coopers Gap Wind Farm 30 June 2016