The wind resource potential in NSW is very good, yet this potential has remained largely untapped. The NSW Wind Atlas,[1] shows that many of the sites with good potential for wind farms are situated on the western side of the Great Dividing Range. While the wind is also strong in coastal areas, wind farms are unlikely to be built there due to existing residential development and national park areas. NSW also has an extensive electricity transmission network, providing relatively good power grid access for new wind farms.
As of 2010, there was 187 MW of wind power installed in NSW.[2] Australia's largest proposed wind farm, the Silverton Wind Farm, to be established in the Far West of NSW, is still in its planning and approval stages.
To measure public attitudes to wind farms, the NSW government surveyed 2000 people and 300 businesses in rural NSW in late 2010. About 80 per cent of respondents said they would strongly support wind farms in their region.[3] Support dropped off somewhat if a wind farm was proposed closer to a person's house but 60 per cent still supported wind turbines within two kilometres of their house. About 13 per cent of people surveyed, many aged over 65, said they did not support wind power.[3]
[edit] Wind Farms in New South Wales
A list of wind farms in New South Wales, as of 2008:[4]
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- Amcor, Bomaderry
- BlueScope Steel, Port Kembla
- Caltex Refining, Kurnell
- Macquarie University
- Shell Refining, Clyde
- Stadium Australia
- University of Western Sydney
- Visy Paper, Smithfield
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- Advance Energy
- Australian Inland
- Electricity Commission of New South Wales
- Great Southern Energy
- Illawarra Electricity
- Macquarie County Council (Western Power)
- New England County Council (New England Electricity)
- North West County Council (North West Electricity)
- Northern Riverina County Council (Northern Riverina Electricity)
- Northern Rivers County Council (Northern Rivers Electricity)
- NorthPower
- Ophir County Council (Ophir Electricity)
- Orion Energy
- Oxley County Council (Oxley Electricity)
- Pacific Power
- Peel-Cunningham County Council (PCCC Electricity)
- Prospect Electricity
- Shortland County Council (Shortland Electricity)
- Southern Mitchell County Council (Southern Mitchell Electricity)
- Southern Riverina County Council (Southern Riverina Electricity)
- Southern Tablelands County Council (Southern Tablelands Electricity)
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