Nearby Neighbour Program
The Pines Wind Farm Community Benefit Package includes a Nearby Neighbour Program aimed at sharing benefits with households living closest to our turbines.
Households within three and a half kilometres of wind turbines who are not hosting turbines, may be eligible for annual payments as part of our Nearby Neighbour Program.
Participation in the program is voluntary.
Three options of agreements are available to those near to The Pines Wind Farm project. The options are based on the distance of wind turbines to a house, with the closer distances attracting a higher level of payment.
The table below sets out the three options:
Neighbour benefit payment example
Annual payments are calculated according to the number and proximity of wind turbines to a house. The annual payment is increased each year by CPI.
The payments are on a sliding scale, the closer turbines attract a higher per turbine payment.
The example below shows the potential payments for each of the three options.
Notes
- Participation in the Nearby Neighbour Program is voluntary
- This example calculation is for information purposes only
- Participation in the Nearby Neighbour Program is subject to terms and conditions. Please contact The Pines Wind Farm team if you are interested in participating. You can request a meeting here
- Residents of participating households in the Nearby Neighbour Program will be considered involved stakeholders with respect to applicable planning laws and guidelines.
- Payment amounts are indicative only based on turbine numbers in early draft layouts. Actual payments will be calculated on the final construction layout.
You can download the Near Neighbour Program fact sheet from the Resources page.