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The Proposal

The possibility of building a community-scaled windfarm was raised early in 2003, when initial modelling done by SkyFarming Pty Ltd, a Perth-based wind-energy consultancy, was presented to a group of local residents keen to reduce Denmark's dependency on carbon-based electricity.

A series of independently-facilitated public workshops confirmed that such a project would be supported by the broader community ... and the rest, as they say, is history.

It is proposed to erect two 800kW Enercon E48 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 1.6MW on a small section of a disturbed coastal reserve, south of an existing limesand quarry at Wilson Head, Denmark (see map). Electricity will be generated into the SWIS.

Two years’ data collected from a monitoring mast erected at the site indicated a site efficiency of >35% – similar to Albany and among the best in the world.

The windfarm site is a 50ha “Wind Energy Facility” zone (WEF) occupying a small portion of Reserve A24913.

The WA government approved rezoning of the site in November 2005, and excision from the surrounding reserve in August 2010.

The project received environmental approval from the WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) and the federal Department of Environment, Water and Heritage (DEWHA), and is supported by all relevant state government agencies.

GHD, a leading Perth civil engineering firm, completed the project’s feasibility study in 2008, which showed the project to be technically feasible and financially viable.

This project is supported by the Australian Government through the Renewable Remote Power Generation Program.
The Program is implemented by the State's Office of Energy in Western Australia.