The state's peak planning body has retrospectively approved the first stage of a $400 million wind farm constructed on 3,600 hectares of land near Kojonup.
The first stage of Flat Rocks Wind Farm project, to be operated by Enel Green Power, is estimated to cost $200 million and expected to start by February.
More than $1 billion worth of renewable energy projects in Western Australia are closer to fruition following a regional planning body's approvals today.
BHP Nickel West has signed a 12-year deal with Italian renewables company Enel Group to source wind power from the under-development Flat Rocks Wind Farm.
The regional planning body has unanimously approved a $400 million wind farm near Kojonup, after concerns about the impact of the turbines on local farmers.
A $400 million wind farm planned near Kojonup will head to the Development Assessment Panel in early December, eight years after it was reportedly first approved.
Having invested million of dollars over many years in an uncertain regulatory environment, Western Australian private power station developers are now facing further delays due to proposed changes to the electricity market.
