Silverton Wind Farm
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The Silverton Wind Farm is a proposed wind farm
to be built in far western New South Wales
by renewable energy
group Conergy. The wind farm
would involve the installation of nearly 600 wind turbines north-west of Broken Hill. The large wind farm should have the capacity to generate electricity for 400,000 homes. On 3 June 2009, the project was approved by the NSW state Government.
, a wind turbine manufacturer, as well as several other projects and developments in its portfolio.
Concurrently, Epuron, wholly owned by Conergy
, does not have the financial support from the mother company due to Conergy's financial difficulties, and so find themselves in a situation where they have no means to finance the equity necessary to develop such a large-scale project.
In 2011, there has been no sign of any movement in regards to the further development of this wind farm, and the owning conglomerate ceased releasing updates on the wind farm status in March 2010.
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Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
to be built in far western New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
by renewable energy
Renewable energy
Renewable energy is energy which comes from natural resources such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable . About 16% of global final energy consumption comes from renewables, with 10% coming from traditional biomass, which is mainly used for heating, and 3.4% from...
group Conergy. The wind farm
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
would involve the installation of nearly 600 wind turbines north-west of Broken Hill. The large wind farm should have the capacity to generate electricity for 400,000 homes. On 3 June 2009, the project was approved by the NSW state Government.
Delays
The project was initially set to begin construction in the first half of 2010, yet several issues caused delays. To begin, the transmission line needed to connect the fully developed wind farm would need to be as long as 300 km, and due to multiple connection options, as well as an expected large cost of the infrastructure, the decision of the final solution has been delayed . In addition to this, Martifer Renewables, one of the co-owners of the project, began suffering of financial difficulties ultimately leading to the sale of REpowerREpower
REpower is a German wind turbine company founded in 2001, purchased December 2009 by Suzlon Energy Ltd. Its product range comprises several types of turbines with rated outputs of between 1.5 and 6 megawatts. It created the 5M, in 2005....
, a wind turbine manufacturer, as well as several other projects and developments in its portfolio.
Concurrently, Epuron, wholly owned by Conergy
Conergy
Conergy AG is a company in the solar energy industry founded in 1998 by the former chairman of the board Hans-Martin Rüter. It had a turnover of 706 Million euros in 2007, and employs more than 2000 staff. It also has a company called Conergy Americas....
, does not have the financial support from the mother company due to Conergy's financial difficulties, and so find themselves in a situation where they have no means to finance the equity necessary to develop such a large-scale project.
In 2011, there has been no sign of any movement in regards to the further development of this wind farm, and the owning conglomerate ceased releasing updates on the wind farm status in March 2010.
External links
- http://www.silvertonwindfarm.com.au/
- Epuron plans for 1 GW of NSW wind
- Epuron Proposes Australia's Largest Windfarm
- EPURON to Develop 1-GW Wind Project
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