Residents Group Celebrates ‘Collective Effort’ After Wind Farm Developer Exits Project

Alex O'Brien, head of Responsible Future Illawarra, said the community was concerned with environmental damage from the project.

Thousands of local residents attend a rally at Flagstaff Point protesting against a proposed offshore wind turbine farm to be located 10km off the Illawarra coast, Wollongong, NSW in Australia on Oct. 29, 2023. AAP Image/Dean Lewins

A community group opposed to a large-scale wind farm development in the Illawarra region south of Sydney has hailed the “collective effort” of the community after BlueFloat Energy pulled out in June.

About 65 percent of community submissions were opposed to the project, supposed to stretch from Wombarra to Kiama—across most of the Wollongong coastline.