Biggest wind farm in Australia to be located in the Outback

In the first stage of the project, 282 wind turbines will be installed, while an additional 316 turbines will be added in the second stage of the scheme. When completed, the wind farm is expected to have a total installed capacity exceeding 1 GW. The estimated annual output of 3.5 million MWh would be enough to supply 4.5% of the energy needs of New South Wales, Australia's most populous state.

Construction is expected to start by early 2010 and take up to five years. The project will be built and financed by a joint venture of German renewable energy project developer Epuron and Macquarie Capital Wind Fund, which is jointly owned by Australia's Macquarie Capital Group and the Portuguese steel construction company, Martifer.

Since 2005, the New South Wales government has approved 14 wind farms with a total capacity output of 2,486 MW. It projects that when all the farms are operational, they will save more than 6 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually and have the capacity to serve 800,000 homes.