Wind Farm Project Faces Long-Haul Opposition from Local Community Group

The Seymour Wind Farm will include 80 to 100 wind turbines and is located to the north-east of Melbourne.

A view of Wonthaggi Wind Farm to the south-east of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, on July 7, 2015. Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

A community in a regional town to the north-east of Melbourne has pledged to challenge a proposed large-scale wind farm project over the “long haul.”

The Seymour Wind Farm, headed by Italian renewable energy company Fera, includes 80 to 100 wind turbines.