The Robbins Island and Jim’s Plain projects are targeted to deploy capital by 2020. These projects have the scale and wind resource to become a major contributor to resolving the energy supply challenges faced by Australia. With world-class wind resources, Tasmania is positioned to be a global leader in wind energy generation. Backed up by the usual cronies at Sky News, the boilover raised a question about the impending extinction of measured public debate.

And while the provisions applied to wind farms require a 1km buffer around each eagle nest, the evidence is showing this to be little more than window dressing. The projects will create up to 350 jobs during construction and meaningful employment when operational. Huge Robbins Island wind farm deal By gfransnico Australia. Back-to-back front pages, on Monday and Tuesday, after I sounded the alarm about the impact on endangered birds if the Robbins Island wind farm in Tasmania’s north-west goes ahead. The project comprises 220 wind turbines with a total capacity of at least 440 MW.

A wind farm on Robbins Island will simply extend the variations in power supplied to the mainland while making no difference to the correlations of wind through the states in the wholesale market. The Mercury published an article on a wind farm much larger than the original proposal on 2017/06/08. The island, separated from the Tasmanian mainland by a highly tidal area known as Robbins Passage, lies south to the adjacent Walker Island.. Robbins Islands is the seventh largest island of Tasmania and is the largest freehold island in Tasmania. The Bluff Hill Point wind farm reported 13 Wedge tailed eagle deaths, and 3 White bellied sea eagle deaths in the first seven years of operation. Former independent candidate for Braddon Craig Garland says the renewable energy project for Whaleback Ridge is a better option for the north-west of Tasmania than the controversial Robbins Island wind farm. These proposals were of a smaller scale than the current Project, focused on harnessing the wind energy across White Rock Ridge, a ridgeline running along the western side of Robbins Island in an approximate north-south direction.
UPC Robbins Island Pty Ltd proposes to lodge a permit application for a wind energy project under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 with the Circular Head Council.
There have been a number of vocal opponents against UPC Renewables plans to build a wind farm on Robbins Island. Jim's Plain and Robbins Island Renewable Energy Parks will contribute enough electricity to power up to 500,000 typical Tasmanian homes once operational. (ABC News: Henry Zwartz) A $1 billion-plus wind farm project is set to proceed at Circular Head as Tasmania’s renewable energy revolution gathers pace. The project involves up to 200 wind turbines over the western two-thirds of the island producing up to 1000 MW. Thus more backup would be required from gas and hydro sources. The long-awaited Robbins Island wind farm is expected to provide about 250 construction jobs, plus more than 50 ongoing jobs. Robbins Island is an uninhabited island off the north-west tip off Tasmania about 25 kilometres north-west of Smithton.