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Denmark Community Windfarm Ltd

​To take the project through to construction and operation, a public company, Denmark Community Windfarm Ltd, was registered on 15 April 2011, and public fundraising began.









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DCW Ltd Board of Directors


Craig Chappelle has been chairman of DCW Inc since inception. He is a self-employed businessman, Secretary of the Denmark Conservation Society, and member of the Denmark Environment Centre board of management. He was a Denmark shire councillor from 1996-2004, and is a former journalist and advertising executive.



Paul Llewellyn has more than 30 years' experience in environmental planning and management, and is an expert in renewable energy. He has worked with many government agencies and commercial organisations, and was a Member of the Legislative Council of the WA Parliament from 2005-09. He is a director of Mt Barker Power Company, and before his appointment to the DCW board was a consultant to the project, advising on finance and capacity building.



Murray Thornton BCom UWA, (Acctg, Econ), is a local business owner and farmer, former shire councillor and active local sportsman. He has been a UN Observer for East Timor, is a Life Member of the Denmark Surf Lifesaving Club, and is presently a director of Surf Lifesaving WA. Murray is a Registered Builder who formerly operated a local building firm, the third generation of his family to do so in Denmark.




Peter Kyle, AM, LLB, MA(juris), BLaw has been a director of several WA-listed public companies and was a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He was president of the Australian Local Government Association in 1987, and has served on many statutory boards and other community organisations. He was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2003.



The Numbers



Denmark homes and businesses currently consume in the order of eight gigawatt hours (GWhr) of electricity annually, which costs about $1m. The windfarm will supply about 40% of this demand, and prevent about 6000 thousand tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) entering the atmosphere each year – the equivalent of taking about 1500 cars permanently off the road.



Two 800kW wind-turbine generators at Wilson Head, south of the existing limes and quarry, stand on an area within A-class Reserve 24913. The windfarm and associated infrastructure take up about one hectare – less than 1% of the reserve – and are more than 3km from the nearest permanent residences – three times the distance deemed acceptable for visibility and noise issues.

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This project was supported by the Australian Government

through the Renewable Remote Power Generation Program.

The Program was implemented by the State's Office of Energy in Western Australia [now The Department of Finance – Public Utilities Office].​

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