Voice for Walcha aims to empower the Walcha community by advocating for local voices, protecting our agricultural heritage, and ensuring that any renewable energy development is community-led, transparent, and environmentally responsible.
The latest information on key projects around Walcha
February 2026
Since Walcha was irresponsibly identified as a site for “4GW of wind energy generation” by a previous project accumulator, Energy Co has had the Walcha Plateau in their sights. Despite the economic reality of wind generation falling away and becoming more and more expensive, compared to Solar and Batteries, Energy Co are reluctant, or unwilling, to update their input parameters to design. A story of this timeline can be viewed below ...
February 2026
Winterbourne Wind is bogged down in the planning process, having first submitted its scoping report in September 2020. The EIS that followed was described by the then New England State member as “the worst EIS” he had ever seen. Since that time, the project has stumbled through the planning process, trying to rectify a number of deficiencies and shortfalls in information and design.
> Costs for wind projects are blowing out, while solar and battery prices drop.
> Thunderbolt Wind got approval 15 months ago — still no action.
> Winterbourne’s main backer, Copenhagen Infrastructure Group, has walked away.
> Vestas (turbine maker) is left holding the bag, but can’t fund the project alone.
February 2026
> They’ve bought a bigger, cheaper, low opposition project (Yanco Delta Wind) — and even that is on hold for at least 18 months, after a recent announcement.
> If the “easy” project is paused, Skye Ridge’s chances look grim.
Re signing access agreements or leases could tie up your land for years, hurting your ability to borrow, sell, or plan for the future. Don’t give away control without certainty.
