HYDRO Tasmania remains confident it will secure the money to build a massive $2 billion wind farm on King Island.
What is less certain is whether it can garner enough support among the 1600-resident King Island community to start a feasibility study of the 200-250 turbine project.
Hydro Tasmania will conduct an independent survey of residents and off-island property owners in June to assess community support.
If 60 per cent of the people surveyed say they are in favour of studying the feasibility of the TasWind project, Hydro will spend $30 million over two years.
If built, the wind farm would be the biggest in the southern hemisphere and much larger than its two mainland Tasmanian counterparts -- Woolnorth and Musselroe.
King Island resident and chairman of the TasWind Consultative Committee John Brewster said it was hard to tell if the proposal had gained the support needed.
"There are some who definitely support the wind farm proposal and others who definitely do not," Mr Brewster said. "But there are also a lot who are undecided. There will be a lot of thinking going on over the next month."
Those who support the project say it will not only change the landscape forever but ignite a power-led boom.
The island has been losing residents over many years and the closure of JB Swift's abattoir left almost 100 out of a job and had residents questioning how the island was going to survive.
Those against the proposal have established a 10-member committee called No TasWind and a Facebook page, "King Island Wind Farm -- The Debate", provides an outlet for residents to discuss the pros and cons of the proposal.
The No TasWind committee wants the King Island Council to conduct a democratic vote to ascertain community support.
No TasWind committee member Chris Porter said the height of the proposed turbines -- 80 to 90 metres -- was equivalent to a 34-storey building.
"And we are talking about 200-250 of these turbines," Mr Porter said.
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