Our development principles for the Giffard Wind Farm are as follows:

• Minimising impact on the local community (e.g. visual, acoustic, traffic)

• Engaging with the community early and throughout the process

• Engaging with and respecting the Traditional Owners of the land (the Gunaikurnai people)

• Encouraging land diversification – renewable energy and agriculture co-existing

• Being sensitive to nationally and locally protected landscapes and nature conservation areas

• Ensuring the local community shares the project benefit via a Community Benefits Scheme

• Buying and employing locally as much as possible

• Acting considerately during construction and demonstrating ‘stewardship’ of the land for the lifetime of the project

• Where appropriate, using the project as an educational opportunity

• At the end of the project, returning the land to its former use