Wind powered greenhouse given go ahead in Vic

Gregor Heard
June 28 2017 - 7:30pm
BIG PLANS: (L-R) Franck Woitez, managing director Neoen Australia, Nectar Farms managing director Stephen Sasse, Victorian Minister for Energy Lily D'Ambrosio, Northern Grampians mayor Tony Driscoll, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and the construction team at the site of the Bulgana wind farm. Photo: Peter Pickering
BIG PLANS: (L-R) Franck Woitez, managing director Neoen Australia, Nectar Farms managing director Stephen Sasse, Victorian Minister for Energy Lily D'Ambrosio, Northern Grampians mayor Tony Driscoll, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews and the construction team at the site of the Bulgana wind farm. Photo: Peter Pickering

A MASSIVE greenhouse farming development in western Victoria will now get even larger after the Victorian State Government announced funding for a wind power project that will power the farm.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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