1GW Australian wind farm achieves planning consent

The New South Wales (NSW) Minister for Planning has announced approval for the Liverpool Range Wind Farm, Australia’s largest wind farm at over 1,000MW developed by Epuron. 

The Liverpool Range Wind Farm, located between Coolah and Cassilis around 100 kilometres north east of Mudgee, will consist of up to 267 wind turbines. The wind farm will have a grid connection into the Wellington Wollar 330kV power network 30 kilometres south of the site.