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Mount Emerald Community Fund Grant Applications Closing 31 January.

Latest News, NewsBy mtemeral_admin21st January 2022

Time is running out to apply for a Mount Emerald Wind Farm Community Grant There are only two weeks left to apply for a grant from the Mount Emerald Wind Farm Community Fund. The Community Fund contributes $200,000 per year to clubs, community groups, schools and charities within 50km of the Mount Emerald Wind Farm…

MT EMERALD WIND FARM – COMMUNITY FUND UPDATE

Latest News, NewsBy mtemeral_admin24th November 2021

The Mareeba BMX Park that was officially opened on Saturday 13 November was rebuilt by the Mareeba Lions Club thanks to a $24,000 grant from the Mount Emerald Wind Farm Community Fund.    There were 15 other lucky community organisations in the Atherton Tablelands that received a grant for their projects last week. The latest grants…

MEDIA RELEASE: NINE COMMUNITY GROUPS FIRST TO BENEFIT FROM WIND FARM FUND

NewsBy mtemeral_admin29th March 2019

 A school’s project to encourage healthy eating and enjoyment of the area’s abundant local produce will be among the first to benefit from the Mount Emerald Wind Farm Community Fund.  Walkamin State School’s Kitchen and Garden Program was one of nine projects chosen for the fund’s first grants, after an advisory committee made up of…

MEDIA RELEASE: COMMUNITY GROUPS SET TO BENEFIT FROM WIND FARM FUND

NewsBy mtemeral_admin20th March 2019

 The launch of the Mount Emerald Wind Farm Community Fund has sparked strong interest from local groups, with more than 40 applications received from Far North Queensland organisations.  Ratch-Australia, the owner and operator of the wind farm, will donate $200,000 to support local causes every year of the turbines’ working lives.  Now that applications have…

Media Release: Mount Emerald Wind Farm freight sails into Cairns Port.

NewsBy mtemeral_admin4th October 2017

Media Release 20 September 2017 Construction of the Mount Emerald Wind Farm has reached another major milestone with the first shipment of project freight arriving in Cairns today. The vessel Oldendorff Erna arrived at the Port carrying tower sections for Ratch Australia Corporation’s $360 million project. Over the life of the project’s construction, six cargo…

Mount Emerald Wind Farm reaches major construction milestone.

NewsBy mtemeral_admin14th August 2017

Media Release 14 August 2017 Construction at the $360 million Mount Emerald Wind Farm near Mareeba reached an important milestone last week when the first of 53 turbine foundations was put in place. The 800-tonne foundation which is buried to ground level provides an immovable anchor for each turbine and consists of a 50-tonne reinforced…

Media Release: Ratch promotes local participation in Mount Emerald Wind Farm.

NewsBy mtemeral_admin7th March 2017

Media Release 22 February 2017 Ratch promotes local participation in Mount Emerald Wind Farm. Construction has commenced on the $360 million Mount Emerald Wind Farm with several businesses from the wider Cairns region already engaged to conduct preliminary works ahead of more expansive works after the wet season. Cairns-based Koppens Developments constructed a concrete culvert…

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