The Liverpool Range Wind Farm is a 1.3-gigawatt wind farm, proposed by Tilt Renewables, located between the townships of Coolah and Cassilis in the NSW Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ).
The project's scope of works includes:
- a 1,332-megawatt wind farm
- 185 turbines with 215 metre blade tip height
- up to eight substations
- approximately 57 kilometres of high-voltage transmission infrastructure connecting the project to the NEM
- access tracks, and
- associated infrastructure.
Key Dates
| Feb 2011 | Project Announcement |
Procurement
| Procuring Agency: | Tilt Renewables |
PROJECT HISTORY
| 2008 | Epuron commenced feasibility works for the project. |
| Feb 2011 | Epuron lodge a major project application to the NSW Department of Planning. |
| Mar 2018 | The NSW Goverment approved the project's development application for a one-gigawatt wind farm with 267 wind turbines, a maximum blade tip height of 165 metres above ground level, and 82 kilometres of 330kV transmission lines connecting into the Wellington-Wollar 330kV transmission line. |
| Jul 2018 | The Federal Government granted approval under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. |
| May 2019 | Tilt Renewables acquired the project from Epuron. |
| Sep 2022 | Tilt Renewables lodged a modification application with the NSW Government to change the scope of the approved project. The scope comprises an increase to 1,320 MW capacity, 220 turbines instead of 267, an increased maximum blade tip height to 250 metres above ground level, amending the ancillary infrastructure and transport route, and increase the native vegetation clearing limits. |
| Sep 2022 | The NSW Government placed the modification application on public exhibition, closing 17 October. |
| Nov 2024 | The NSW Government approved a change in the project's scope, reducing the project's number of turbines by 82 to 185, and increasing the generation capacity to 1.3 gigawatts. |
| Mar 2025 | The Liverpool Range Wind Farm received Federal Government approval. |
| Mar 2025 | The project was included in the Federal Government's inaugural Renewable Energy Priority List. The Priority List aims to provide coordinated support through Federal, state and territory regulatory and environmental approval processes on a case-by-case basis and provide a 'faster to yes, faster to no' approach to regulatory approvals. |
Estimated Total Cost
(2022)
Sector
Energy
Procurement approach
Traditional Procurement |
Location
New South Wales |
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