Sapphire Wind Farm

Sapphire Wind Farm is a wind farm in the Australian state of New South Wales. When it was built in 2018, it was the largest wind farm in New South Wales. It is in the New England region of northern New South Wales, 28 kilometres (17 mi) east of Inverell and 18 kilometres (11 mi) west of Glen Innes.[1] It is north of the Gwydir Highway. The White Rock and Glen Innes Wind Farms are south of the highway closer to Glen Innes.[2] It is intended to be colocated with a 200MW solar farm.[3] The wind farm contains 75 Vestas V126 turbines, each of which can generate 3.6W of electricity. They have a 137 metre hub height and 126 metre rotor diameter.[4] The project is approved to build up to 109 wind turbines.[5]

Sapphire Wind Farm
Country
  • Australia
Coordinates29°42′S 151°25′E
StatusOperational
Construction began
  • January 2017
Commission date
  • December 2017
Operator(s)
Wind farm
Type
  • Onshore
Power generation
Units operational75 × 3.6 MW
Make and modelVestas V126 (75)
Nameplate capacity
  • 270 MW
Website www.sapphirewindfarm.com.au/ 

References
  1. "Sapphire Wind Farm". CWP Renewables. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. "Sapphire Wind Farm Map" (PDF). CWP Renewables. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  3. "Sapphire Solar". CWP Renewables. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  4. "Video - Sarens Tops the Tallest Turbine in Australia – Heavy Lift News". www.heavyliftnews.com. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  5. "Sapphire Wind Farm". Inverell Shire Council. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
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