The Victoria government has announced planning approval for a new 40 MW wind farm in the state’s west, continuing the boom in renewable energy projects.

Approval was given by minister for planning Richard Wynne for the Wonwondah wind farm, also known as the Rifle Butts wind farm, to be developed by NewEn, and which will feature 13 turbines south-west of Horsham.

NewEn describes itself as a family owned wind development company based in Germany, where it has 15 projects. It had several other wind projects in Australia, but sold them at an early stage, including the soon to be complete 54MW Salt Creek wind farm.