Resident and landholder group, Hills of Gold Preservation Inc, yesterday hosted a social gathering at Nundle Recreation Ground to demonstrate its local majority voice opposing Engie’s proposed Hills of Gold Wind Farm on 24km of the Great Dividing Range between...
Some of the significant issues that you won’t find in an Engie flyer. It takes a lot of reading, not only of Engie assessments but other wind farms in NSW, to compare figures and ask why Hills of Gold Wind Farm stats don’t stack up.
Thank you to the many Hills of Gold Preservation – Nundle, Hanging Rock and Crawney members and supporters who sent us a link to the ABC Radio National Background Briefing story, ‘The giant wind farms clearing Queensland bush’....
Hills of Gold Preservation Inc asks the NSW Government to demonstrate its commitment to community consent regarding sensitive siting of renewables. In the case of Engie’s proposed Hills of Gold Wind Farm it is a choice to preserve a high value conservation...
Ben Hall’s Gap Nature Reserve is located in the northern tablelands of NSW at the junction of the Liverpool and Mount Royal Ranges. It is 10km from the township of Nundle. This conservation area has remained relatively undisturbed for centuries and as such; it...
A government department meeting in Nundle on Thursday about a wind farm proposal is “unusual” but welcome, a village resident against the plan has said. The Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) will meet with the community at Nundle Memorial Hall to...
THE government is yet to receive any paper work from the developer of the $600m Nundle wind farm, despite the company declaring it was ready to do so six months ago. Wind Energy Partners say the delay is the result of extra studies on the project’s visual and noise...
Hills of Gold Preservation – Nundle, Hanging Rock and Crawney has liaised with the Department of Planning and Environment to make available at Nundle Library & Seed Library two hardcopies of the Wind Energy Guideline, Wind Energy: Visual Assessment Bulletin,...
Hills of Gold Preservation – Nundle, Hanging Rock and Crawney aims to protect the contribution of our existing Great Dividing Range and Liverpool Range landscape to reducing carbon emissions. Existing native forest and ground cover producing water vapour and...
John Sylvester lives up in the hills above Nundle where they make the water for Chaffey Dam. In fact, he’s one of those graziers high up at the Head of the Peel where when the rain comes down, it actually often finds its way all the way down to Tamworth’s...
We all want to do something good for our environment. While three levels of Government are pushing for an increase in renewable energy, it is important to consider the right product and right location to achieve this goal. For a large number of Nundle, Crawney, and...
