The wind resource potential in NSW is very good, yet this potential has remained largely untapped. The NSW Wind Atlas shows that many of the sites with good potential for wind farms are situated on the western side of the Great Dividing Range. While the wind is also strong in coastal areas, wind farms are unlikely to be built there due to existing residential development and national park areas. NSW also has an extensive electricity transmission network, providing relatively good power grid access for new wind farms.

As of March 2015, there was 625 MW of wind power installed in NSW.AEMO Electricity Registration List As of May 2019, there was 1493 MW of wind power installed in NSW.

To measure public attitudes to wind farms, the NSW government surveyed 2000 people and 300 businesses in rural NSW in late 2010. About 80 per cent of respondents said they would strongly support wind farms in their region. Support dropped off somewhat if a wind farm was proposed closer to a person's house but 60 per cent still supported wind turbines within two kilometres of their house. About 13 per cent of people surveyed, many aged over 65, said they did not support wind power.

Wind farms in New South Wales

A list of operating and planned wind farms in New South Wales is below.

Operating Project nameSponsoring companyCoordinatesTurbinesCapacity (MW)StatusCompletion dateNotesBango Wind FarmWind Prospect / CWP46244Operating 2023 First project in Australia to use General Electric 5.3 MW Turbines.Biala Wind FarmBJCE Australia31110Operating 2021 Blayney Wind Farm Eraring Energy 15 9.9Operating2000 Boco Rock Wind Farm Wind Prospect / CWP 67 113Operating2015 Bodangora Wind Farm Infigen Energy 33 113.2Operating2019 33 GE 3.4-130 Turbines Capital Wind Farm Infigen Energy 67 140.7Operating2009Collector Wind FarmRATCH-Australia55228Operating 2021 Crookwell Wind Farm Tilt Renewables (formerly Eraring Energy) 8 4.8Operating1998 Crookwell 2 Wind Farm Unión Fenosa Wind Australia 46 92Operating2018 Crudine Ridge Wind FarmWind Prospect / CWP 37135Operating 2021 Cullerin Range Wind Farm Epuron (owned by EDL) 15 30Operating2009Developed by Epuron, built by Origin, sold to EDL Gullen Range Wind Farm Goldwind Australia / JNCEC 73 165.5Operating2013 Gunning Wind Farm Acciona 31 46.5Operating2011 Hampton Wind Park Wind Corporation Australia 2 1.32Operating2001Rye Park Wind FarmEpuron/Tilt66396Operating2025Cadia-Ridgeway mine Sapphire Wind FarmCWP Renewables75270Operating2018 Silverton Wind Farm Epuron 58 200Operating2019 Taralga Wind Farm CBD Energy/Banco Santander 51 107Operating2015 White Rock Wind Farm Goldwind Australia/ CECEP 70 175 (stage 1)Operating2018Approval for up to 119 WTGs. Woodlawn Wind Farm Infigen Energy 23 48.3Operating2011Flyers Creek Wind FarmIberdrola Australia33°34'52.2"S 149°04'22.4"E38145Operating2024

Projects Project nameSponsoring companyCoordinatesTurbinesCapacity (MW)StatusCompletion dateNotes Black Springs Wind Corporation 40CancelledBowmans Creek Wind FarmEpuron250+Feasibility Conroys Gap Wind Farm Epuron 30Planning approved Cooma Pacific Hydro 100FeasibilityCoppabella Wind FarmEpuron75284Planning approvedSold to Goldwind.Granite Hills Wind FarmAkuo Energy132FeasibilityHills of Gold Wind FarmWind Energy 98400FeasibilityJupiter Wind FarmEPYC Pty Ltd350Cancelled Kooragang, Newcastle EnergyAustralia 0.6Decommissioned Liverpool RangeEpuron2671000Planning approved Lord Howe Island 0.3Feasibility Molonglo Acciona Energy 120Cancelled Mt Spring ActewAGL 10Cancelled Paling Yards Unión Fenosa Wind Australia 60 204Feasibility Pottinger AGL Energy 1300Feasibilityto EnergyConnect Rock Flat Creek Pacific Hydro 100Feasibility Snowy Plains Wind Farm (Berridale) Epuron 26Cancelled 2010Upper Hunter Energy ParkUpper Hunter Energy Park Pty Ltd34Feasibility Uungula Wind Prospect / CWP 125 400Under construction

See also

List of power stations in New South Wales Wind power in Australia

References

External links Wind farms in New South Wales: Wind in the Bush