The Project will deliver significant benefits to the region and local communities, including:
- Creating up to 350 jobs during construction and around 10-15 long-term.
- generating up to 500 MW of new, low-cost renewable energy
- contributing to SA and Australia's renewable energy goals
- generating clean, affordable energy to power up to 390 thousand average SA homes each year
- facilitating investment into the Cleve district council through a community benefit fund
The Project will likely use Vestas V172 7.2 MW turbines. These turbines will have a hub height of around 150m and a maximum blade tip height of approximately 236m.
Thank you for your interest in job opportunities at Cleve wind farm.
We are still in the early planning phase. If approved, we anticipate construction from about 2027 and operations from 2030.
If you or your business is interested in future opportunities, please use our get in touch page or email us.
Please include in your email the skills you offer and a link to your website, if applicable.
Construction and operation will require a range of skills, such as:
- Engineering
- Trade (electrical, mechanical, construction)
- Transport
- Building material providers
- Equipment operators
- Consultants
- Project management
- Administration.
The Project team will determine a final route post consultation with impacted councils and requirements per development approval.
The Project is anticipated to connect to the Yadnarie substation by overhead powerlines.
Wind turbines generate sound; however, people can generally maintain a conversation at the turbine's base without raising their voices. The wind speed and direction, topography, vegetation and distance from the turbine will impact how loud the turbines can be.
The Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act of 2016 specifies noise criteria to ensure that noise levels from wind turbines are compatible with surrounding land uses and do not significantly affect residents in the area.
As part of the development process, noise monitoring and impact assessment for the Cleve Wind Farm project will be undertaken to ensure the operational noise at neighbouring dwellings complies with the relevant noise criteria specified in the guidelines. Noise will also be monitored during operations to ensure the actual operational noise does not exceed the relevant noise criteria.
At the end of its operational life, the wind farm will be decommissioned in accordance with the development consent conditions.
Decommissioning is the responsibility of the wind farm owner and a condition of the wind farm lease and will be an obligation under the project development consent issued by the Minister for Planning. The wind farm owner will set aside funds for decommissioning.
The Project team will rehabilitate the landscape to its original or agreed upon conditions. Infrastructure built solely for servicing the wind farm will be removed, and the site will be restored to its original state.
Vestas turbines are currently 88 per cent recyclable, with research and development underway to recycle the remaining 12 per cent.
Contact us
We're here to answer questions, provide updates and receive feedback
cleve@vestas.com
1800 719 686