The 61^st turbine - the last one of stage one of the project - was installed at the site on Monday.

Mr Berzi said installation works began in November 2018.

"We need to still commission the turbines," he said. "We're looking to do early works on stage two in the coming months. We don't have a full mobilization plan yet but early works will commence shortly," he said.

"(The number of turbines to be erected as part of stage two) is yet to be confirmed. The original permit had 55 turbines but whether it's less will be determined in the coming months."

"The turbine manufacturer Senvion became insolvent in April last year, and obviously that created large challenges for the project over the last eight months. We've worked tirelessly with our contractors to make this a reality."

Mr Berzi said the project would continue to use services from surrounding Wimmera towns during stage two.

"A lot of these local entities have had experience building one wind farm," he said.

"There are no guarantees, it all depends on commercial realities of whether they are competitive when they go out to tender but there is a lot of synergy with local companies such as electrical installers and civil infrastructure."

Mr Berzi said project managers had not had any issues with surrounding landowners during stage one's construction.

He said the 61 turbines at wind farm would power 220,000 homes. He said there were no details at this stage on when stage two would be completed.

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