Victoria greenlights Australia’s biggest wind farm

Key points

• The Victorian Government has given final approval to a 219-turbine wind farm at Warracknabeal Energy Park. It is the largest proposed wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere.
• The project will now go to the federal government for formal assessment. It is expected to power 1.2 million homes and bring economic opportunity to the town.
• Doctors for the Environment representative Dr Ben Ewald says the approval is a positive step in curbing carbon emissions, as it could allow more coal power plants to close.