Australian government approves new wind farm

Gamesa Energy Australia is pleased with the approval of the development Consent by the Minister for Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources for New South Wales, Hon. Craig Knowles MP, for the Crookwell-2 wind farm being developed by Gamesa through its subsidiary Gamesa Energy Australia.Located between Crookwell and Goulburn, 245 km to the south-east of Sidney, the proposed wind farm site comprises a 2,088 hectare property that will host 46 wind turbines to achieve a generation capacity of 92MW. GAMESA develops this wind farm in collaboration with TME Australia. This is the first Development Application that Gamesa has applied for and is already working on the development of three additional wind farms for approximately 300MW.