Where will the wind farm be located?

Woodlawn WindEnergy Joint Venture (WWE JV)
proposes to construct and operate a 50 megawatt wind
farm on the properties of ‘Woodlawn’ and ‘Pylara’,
along the ridgeline of the Great Dividing Range. The site is
adjacent to the Woodlawn Bioreactor Facility, near
Tarago and approximately 35km south of Goulburn
on the Southern Tablelands of NSW.

WWE JV proposes to construct and operate 25
wind turbines with a 2MW capacity each. Electricity
from the wind farm would be transmitted to
Goulburn and Bundgendore via a 66kilovolt
transmission line that crosses the site.

Each turbine would have a generating capacity of
up to 2MW, with a combined total output of 50MW.

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What will the wind farm look like?

Each turbine would have a hub height of up to
78m with three blades 40m length each as shown
in the diagram of a typical wind turbine.

The wind farm may be visible up to 10km
away. URS has completed an assessment
of potential visual impacts as part of the
environmental assessment process. URS have
prepared ‘photomontages’ to illustrate how
the turbines will look from five nearby locations.
Photomontages are photographs of the view
from a particular location with wind turbines
superimposed to give an impression of what
the wind farm may look like from that view
point, once installed.

In addition to the turbines, the wind farm would
include an on-site sub-station, connected to an
existing 66kV transmission line that crosses the
site via an overhead transmission line. The power
generated by each turbine will be linked to the
substation by underground electrical cables. The
wind farm would also include an on-site
control room and equipment storage shed.

The WWEJV has proposed a viewing platform just off
Collector Road, where visitors can stop and learn
more about the wind farm and renewable energy.

Why a wind farm at Woodlawn?

The NSW Government Sustainable Energy
Development Authority’s (SEDA) wind atlas and
on-site wind monitoring indicates Woodlawn has
a good wind regime which is suitable for a wind
farm to produce renewable energy.

The site has an existing connection in place to
supply power to the grid. Specialist studies
undertaken during the EIS have shown that
construction and operation of a wind farm at this
site is not expected to create significant
environmental impacts.

Current project time frame

Project time frame, current at October 2004