Community benefits and commitments

We are committed to building strong, trusting relationships with the community that surround the wind farm as well as with all the relevant stakeholders through the implementation of our Community Engagement and Benefit Sharing Plan. This is essential to establishing a social license to operate. Our company is financially supporting the delivery of this plan by investing into the community over the life of the wind farm as well as providing other non-financial benefits that will be achieved through key initiatives described below:

• Neighbourhood Benefit Program – to share economic benefits with the neighbours closest to the wind farm during the construction and operation phases.
• Community Benefit Fund – to be implemented during the Operation phase of the wind farm to develop priority local community projects.
• Local School Program – including educational sessions on renewables, visits to operating wind farms, etc.
• Sponsorships – supporting local businesses campaign, local organisations, etc.

The minutes of all the meetings held by the Community Engagement Committee are available at the Moyne Shire Council website.

Ryan Corner Wind Farm Community Benefit Program will begin once the Wind Farm is operational. The Grant program will open in March- each year and close in June of the same year. The announcement for successful grants will be in November of the same year.