Taralga Wind Farm, New South Wales
The Taralga wind power project, located in NSW Southern Highlands around 140km south west of Sydney, was granted development approval by the State Planning Minister in January 2006.
The approval is for up to 54 turbines each with 2MW capacity. The project has been under development since 2002 and a development application was submitted in November 2004.
It is situated on an area of rural grazing land at an elevation up to 900m, with the closest town of Goulburn some 40km away.
The project is intended to generate sufficient clean, green energy to meet the needs of 38,000 homes every year and will bring economic benefits to the area,including employment for local contractors during the 17-month construction period. It should also reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 257,000 tonnes per annum and will contribute to NSW state and
federal efforts to slow down the effects of climate change.
View the original brochure for the Taralga project, some details of which were revised before the application was submitted.
Information about the Project
Installed Capacity:
Number of Turbines:
Turbine Rating:
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up to 108 MW
54
up to 2,000 kW |
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