Table 2. Complainant numbers at 51 Australian wind farms, 1993–2013.
| Wind farm name (state)owner | Installed Capacity(MW)+(number ofturbines)+averageturbine size MW | Date commencedoperation & totalyears (to Dec 2012) | Approx. populationwithin 5 km | Health or noisecomplainants (Y/N)& number (personsunless specified) | Date of firstcomplaint (monthssince opened) | Local or visitingopposition groupactivity? |
| A: Farms with total >10 MW capacity | ||||||
| Albany/Grasmere (WA)Verve | 35.4 (18)1.96 | Oct 2001(11y 2m) | 200 | N | – | N |
| Bungendore/Capital/Woodlawn (NSW) Infigen | 189 (90)2.1 | Nov 2009(3y 1m) | 76 houses198 | Y:10 | Dec 2009(1 m) | Y |
| Canunda (SA)International Power | 46 (23)2.0 | Mar 2005(7y 10m) | 20 houses52 | N | – | N |
| Cape Bridgewater (Vic)Pacific Hydro | 58 (29)2.0 | Nov 2008(4y 1m) | 68 houses177 | Y:6 | 2 Feb 20110(16m) | Y |
| Cape Nelson South (Vic)Pacific Hydro | 44 (22) 2.0 | Jun 2009(3y 6m) | 170 houses425 | Y:2 | 10 Feb 2010(8m) | Y |
| Cathedral Rocks (SA)TRUenergy, Acciona & EHN | 66 (33)2.0 | Sep 2005(7 y 3 m) | 0 | N | – | N |
| Challicum Hills (Vic)Pacific Hydro | 52.5 (35)1.5 | Aug 2003(9 y 4 m) | 55 houses143 | N | – | N |
| Clements Gap (SA)Pacific Hydro | 56.7 (27)2.1 | Feb 2010(2 y 10 m) | 41 | Y:3 | On-going from earlier | Y |
| Codrington (Vic)Pacific Hydro | 18.2 (14)1.3 | Jun 2001(11 y 6 m) | 50 | N | N | |
| Collgar/Merriden (WA)Collgar | 206 (111)1.85 | May 2011(1 y 7 m) | 15 | N | – | N |
| Cullerin Range (NSW)Origin | 30 (15)2.0 | Jul 2009(3 y 5 m) | 50 | N | – | N |
| Emu Downs (WA)APA | 80 (48)1.66 | Oct 2006(6 y 2 m) | 50 | N | – | N |
| Gunning/Walwa (NSW)Acciona | 46.5 (31)1.5 | May 2011(1 yr 7 m) | 25 houses65 | Y:1 | Jan 2012(8 m) | N |
| Hallett 1/Brown Hill (SA)AGL | 95 (45)2.11 | Sep 2008(4 y 3 m) | 120 | N | Y | |
| Hallett 2/Hallett Hill (SA)AGL | 71.4 (34)2.1 | Mar 2010(2 y 9 m) | 120 | Y:13* | On-going from earlier | Y |
| Hallett 4/North Brown Hill (SA)AGL | 132 (63)2.1 | May 2011(1 y 7 m) | 200 | Y:1 | On-going from earlier | Y |
| Hallett 5/Bluff Range (SA)AGL | 53 (25)2.1 | Mar 2012(9 m) | 140 | Y:1 | Apr 2012(1 m) | Y |
| Lake Bonney (SA)Infigen | 278.5 (112)2.8 | Mar 2005(7 y 9 m) | 255 | Y:2 | June 2012(7 y 3 m) | N |
| MacArthur (Vic) AGL/ Meridian | 420 (140)3.0 | Sep 2012(3 m) | 15 | Y:8 houses = 21 | 2 days after 2/140 turbines commenced operation | Y |
| Mortons Lane (Vic) CGN Wind Energy Ltd | 19.5 (13)1.5 | Dec 2012 | 14 houses36 | N | – | N |
| Mt Millar (SA)Meridian | 70 (35)2.0 | Feb 2006(6 y 10 m) | 10 houses26 | N | – | N |
| Oaklands Hill (Vic)AGL | 67.2 (32)2.1 | Feb 2012(10 m) | 250 | Y:6 | On-going from earlier | Y |
| Snowtown (SA)Trust Power | 100.8 (47)2.14 | Nov 2008(4 y 1 m) | 4 houses10 | N | – | N |
| Starfish Hill (SA)Ratch | 34.5 (23)1.5 | Sep 2003(9 y 3 m) | 200 | N | – | N |
| Toora (Vic)Ratch | 21 (12)1.75 | Jul 2002(10 y 5 m) | 674 | Y:2 | Early (precise date not known) | Y |
| Walkaway (Alinta) (WA)Infigen | 89.1 (54)1.65 | Apr 2006(6 y 8 m) | 3 houses8 | N | – | N |
| Waterloo (SA)TRUenergy | 111 (37)3.0 | Dec 201(2 y) | 75 houses195 | Y:11 | Feb 2011(2 m) | Y |
| Wattle Point (SA)AGL Hydro | 91 (55)1.65 | Nov 2005(7 y 1 m) | 560 | N | – | N |
| aubra (Vic)Acciona | 192 (128)1.5 | Mar 2009(3 y 10 m) | 283 houses736 | Y:29 | 13 Mar 2009 (immediate) | Y |
| Windy Hill (Qld)Ratch | 12 (20)0.6 | Feb 2000(12 y 10 m) | 200 | Y:1 | Early (precise date not known) | N |
| Wonthaggi (Vic)Transfield | 12 (6)2.0 | Dec 2005(7 y) | 6900 | Y:∼10 | Feb 2006(2 m) | Y |
| Woolnorth:Bluff Point (Tas) Roaring 40 s & Hydro Tas. | 65 (37)1.76 | Aug 2002(10 y 4 m) | NI | N | – | N |
| Woolnorth:Studland Bay (Tas) Roaring 40 s & Hydro Tas. | 75 (25)3.0 | May 2007(5 yr 7 m) | NI | N | – | N |
| 34.Yambuk (Vic) Pacific Hydro | 192 (128)1.5 | Jan 2007(5 y 11 m) | 88 | N | – | N |
| Sub-total: 34 farms | 3130.3 MW (1567 turbines) | 12334 | 16 farms with 119 complainants | 14 | ||
| B: Farms with <10 MW capacity | ||||||
| Blayney (NSW)Eraring Energy | 9.9 (15)0.66 | Oct 2000(12 y 2 m) | 37 | N | – | N |
| Bremer Bay (WA)Verve | 0.6 (1)0.6 | Jun 2005(7 y 6 m) | 250 | N | – | N |
| Coober Pedy (SA)Energy Generation | 0.15 (1)0.15 | 1999(13 y) | 3500 | N | – | N |
| Coral Bay (WA)Verve | 0.825 (3)0.275 | Oct 2006(6 y 2 m) | 200 | N | – | N |
| Crookwell (NSW)Union Fenosa/Eraring | 4.8 (8)0.6 | Jul 1998(14 y 5 m) | 200 | Y:4 | Jan 2012(13 y 6 m) | Y |
| Denham (WA)Verve | 1.6 (4)0.4 | Jun 1998(14 y 6 m) | 600 | N | – | N |
| Esperance, 9 Mile Beach (WA) Verve | 3.6 (6)0.6 | 2003(8 y) | 50 | N | – | N |
| Esperance, 10 Mile Lagoon (WA) Verve | 2.025 (9)0.225 | 1993(19 y) | 50 | N | – | N |
| Hampton Park (NSW) Wind Corp | 1.32 (2)0.66 | Sep 2001(11 y 3 m) | 150 | N | – | N |
| Huxley Hill, King Island (Tas) Hydro Tas | 2.458 (5)0.49 | Feb 1998(14 y 1 m) | 10 houses(26) | N | – | N |
| Hopetoun (WA)Verve | 1.2 (2)0.6 | Mar 2004(8 y 9 m) | 600 | N | – | N |
| Kalbarri (WA)Verve | 1.6 (2)0.8 | Jul 2008(4 y 5 m) | 10 | N | – | N |
| Kooragang, Newcastle (NSW) Energy Australia | 0.6 (1)0.6 | 1997(15 y) | 3–4 km from Mayfield9000 | N | – | N |
| Leonards Hill (Vic) Community owned | 4.1 (2)2.05 | Jun 2011(1 y 6 m) | 232 | Y:6 | On-going from earlier | Y |
| Mt Barker (WA)Mt Barker Power | 2.4 (3)0.8 | Mar 2011(1 y 9 m) | 2000 | N | – | N |
| Rottnest Island (WA) Rottnest Island | 0.6 (1)0.6 | Sep 2006(6 y 3 m) | 150 | N | – | N |
| Thursday Island (Qld) Egon Energy | 0.225 (2)0.113 | Aug 1997(15 y 5 m) | 2500 | N | – | N |
| Sub-total:17 farms | 38 MW67 turbines | 20405 | 2 farms with 10 complainants | 2 | ||
| Total:51 farms | 3168.3 MW1634 turbines | 32739 | 18 farms with 129 complainants | 16 | ||
NI = no information.
*
13 residents submitted affidavits in a court case but only 2 complained to the company (AGL), and none to the local Council or Environmental Protection Agency.
Average residents per house in 2011∶2.6 http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2011/quickstat/0.