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Agl Energy — Corporate Update (October 2016)
25 slides from Agl Energy's corporate update, Oct 20, 2016
Slide 1: Silverton Wind Farm Community Consultative Committee
1 Silverton Wind Farm Community Consultative Committee Thursday, 20 October 2016
Slide 2: Agenda
2 Agenda 1. Welcome Confirmation of July meeting minutes Review previous meeting actions 2. Project update 3. CCC group visit wind farm site 4. Modification 3 Submissions Report 5. Topics of interest 6. Other business 7. Next meeting and close Silverton Wind Farm 20 October 2016
Slide 3: 1. Review previous meeting actions
3 1. Review previous meeting actions Action item CCC Status Who Meeting 1 On behalf of CCC members, to remind media representatives October Ongoing KE about the protocols for interviewing and quoting CCC 2013 members when speaking to the media 2 AGL to send out copies of the TMP (currently still in
Slide 4: 1. Review previous meeting actions
4 1. Review previous meeting actions Action item CCC Status Who Meeting 7 AGL to liaise with Silverton Village Committee regarding use April 2016 Closed HO of the empty butcher shop 8 AGL to confirm next meeting date with CCC group and April 2016 Closed HO interested community members Silverton Wind
Slide 5: 2. Project description
2. Project description 5 Silverton Wind Farm › Location: Barrier Ranges approximately 5 km north of Silverton › Capacity: up to 200 MW › Generation: approximately 700 GWh » powering more than 120,000 average NSW homes › Connection: 220 kV TransGrid substation, Broken Hill and ~25km of 220 kV transmi
Slide 6: 2. Project description: Modification Key Features
2. Project description 6 Modification 3 Key Features › Advancement in wind turbine technology › Decrease in the number of wind turbines from 282 to maximum of 172 › Increase in wind turbine dimensions › Surrender of concept approval » Certainty to community › Presented to CCC on 28 July 2016 followi
Slide 7: 2. Project status update
2. Project status update 7 › Contract negotiations with two shortlisted tenders » Commenced in late July 2016 » Preferred tenderer has been selected » Contract finalisation is progressing › Modification 3 (Project Approval Amendment) Submissions Report has been issued to Planning for assessment. › C
Slide 8: 2. Project status update: Modification Exhibition
2. Project status update 8 Modification 3 Exhibition › Exhibition period for Modification 3 was from 5-28 August 2016 » Submissions were accepted until 9 Sept 2016 › Community drop in sessions were held at Silverton and Broken Hill on 17 August 2016 » 5 people visited the Silverton session and 15 pe
Slide 9: 2. Modification Submissions Report
2. Project status update 9 Modification 3 Submissions Report › Twelve submissions were received during the exhibition period: Nine from government departments and 3 from the community › Submissions Report has been finalised and is available on Planning’s website » http://www.majorprojects.planning.n
Slide 10: 3. CCC Group Site visit
3. CCC Group Site visit 10 Site visit – 20 Oct 2016 › CCC and community members involved with the project requested site visit to inspect location of the wind turbine » Visited the location of A16 and viewed the location of A13 (bottom ridge) and A22 (Blue Anchor water tank) » A13 is close to the Si
Slide 11: 3. CCC Group Site visit
3. CCC Group Site visit 11 Site visit – 20 Oct 2016 › AGL will separately be arranging another site visit with other Silverton community members, Broken Hill City Council and interest media representatives Silverton Wind Farm 20 October 2016
Slide 12: 4. Modification Submissions Report: Wind farm layout
4. Modification 3 Submissions Report 12 Wind farm layout › Turbines B028, B029 and B030 have been deleted. Closest turbine now about 5.5 km Silverton Wind Farm 20 October 2016
Slide 13: 4. Modification Submissions Report
4. Modification 3 Submissions Report 13 Silverton Wind Farm 20 October 2016
Slide 14: 4. Wind Turbine dimensions
4. Modification 3 Submissions Report 14 Wind Turbine dimensions › Modification 3 takes advantage of advances in wind turbine technology since the project was first approved in 2009. » Increase in dimensions and reduction in number Silverton Wind Farm 20 October 2016
Slide 15: 4. Aviation Impact Assessment
4. Modification 3 Submissions Report 15 Aviation Impact Assessment › Aircraft hazard impacts was considered in section 7.13 of the initial Environmental Assessment › Clarification provided in Submissions Report › Lowest safe altitude (LSALT) needs to be progressed with Broken Hill Airport and AirSer
Slide 16: 4. Noise Impact Assessment
4. Modification 3 Submissions Report 16 Noise Impact Assessment › Noise assessment was undertaken using wind turbines that were proposed during the tender process » The largest generator capacity is 3.6 MW › The worst case noise profile and spectrum approach adopted in the report provides for a cons
Slide 17: 5. Draft Traffic Management Plan
17 5. Topics of interest Draft Traffic Management Plan › Preliminary plan dated June 2014 › Site access is off the Daydream Mine Road › Construction will involve the delivery of components which are oversized and/or overmass Restricted Access Vehicles (RAV) will require special operating permits »
Slide 18: 5. Draft Traffic Management Plan
18 5. Topics of interest Draft Traffic Management Plan › Community comments on RAVs » Avoid school times / buses » stock trucks and shearing season (July?) » School holidays are critical periods (Easter, Jul, Sept) and long weekends. St Patrick’s Day races » Daydream Mine visitor times › Platooning
Slide 19: 5. Construction Water
5. Topics of interest 19 Construction Water › Umberumberka reservoir has recently received inflows following rain events. » Photos showing reservoir previously full and the empty earlier this year. » Water restrictions eased from Level 3 to Level 1 on 29 August 2016 » We are currently progressing pl
Slide 20: 5. The Living Desert Sculptures
20 5. Topics of interest The Living Desert Sculptures › Proposed 220 kV transmission line is over 9 km from the Desert Sculptures. › Wind farm is approximately 18-20 km from the Desert Sculptures – behind the ridgeline. › Broken Hill Solar Plant transmission line (~9 km away) can be identified in th
Slide 21: 5. Horses and Wind Farms
5. Topics of interest 21 Horses and Wind Farms › Delabole Wind Farm is the UK’s first commercial wind farm, established in 1991. › A horse stud farm and riding centre has been operating at the Delabole Wind Farm since 1991 › Originally the wind farm consisted of 10 turbines, a few years ago these we
Slide 22: 5. Visual Impact Assessment
22 5. Topics of interest Visual Impact Assessment › Subject to final investment decision – prepare photomontages » Silverton township, Mundi Mundi lookout, Umberumberka House, Desert Sculpture. Silverton Wind Farm 20 October 2016
Slide 23: 5. Industry briefing update
23 5. Topics of interest Industry briefing update › Local industry participation plan included as part of the construction tender requirements › In conjunction with Industry Capability Network (ICN) and Broken Hill Chamber of Commerce, business information sessions planned for industry to learn more
Slide 24: 6. Other business
24 6. Other business › Questions from group and observers? Silverton Wind Farm 20 October 2016
Slide 25: 7. Next meeting and close
25 7. Next meeting and close › Next meeting: » Date » Time » Location Silverton Wind Farm 20 October 2016