The local authorities of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have approved the modification of the planned 962 MW Liverpool Range Wind Farm in the state’s Central West. The Liverpool Range Wind Farm was approved in 2018, to later submit a modification in 2022 to reduce the project’s visual impact following a public consultation by using fewer and more efficient turbines (from 267 to 185). The AUD2bn (US$1.3bn) project will increase its maximum energy generation capacity to 1.3 GW, and once operational it should deliver enough energy to the grid to power 730,000 homes and avoid the emission of up to 2.8 MtCO2/year. The project is currently owned by Tilt Renewables.
In addition, NSW also approved Squadron Energy’s 700 MW Spicers Creek wind project located within the within the Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (CWO REZ) in the Wiradjuri Country (Australia). The Spicers Creek project consists of 117 wind turbines (and it includes a battery energy storage), and it is expected to produce enough energy to supply more than 395,000 homes and avoid the emission of about 650 ktCO2/year once operational.
Australia has a power capacity of 106 GW (end of 2023), of which wind represents 10%.
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