{"id":76090,"date":"2025-08-17T23:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T23:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/76090\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T23:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T23:10:22","slug":"first-shipload-of-turbine-parts-for-states-biggest-wind-farm-arrives-at-worlds-largest-coal-port","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/76090\/","title":{"rendered":"First shipload of turbine parts for state’s biggest wind farm arrives at world’s largest coal port"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first shipment of turbine tower parts for Squadron Energy\u2019s huge Uungala wind farm has arrived at the Port of Newcastle, one of the world\u2019s largest coal export ports, in preparation for installation of the first of the project\u2019s 69 turbines.<\/p>\n

The 414 megawatt (MW) Uungala wind farm near Wellington in central west NSW will be the largest in the state, once complete \u2013 until others such as the massive, recently approved 1.45 gigawatt (GW) Yanco Delta project is built.<\/p>\n

Squadron Energy, controlled by iron ore billionaire and green energy evangelist Andrew Forrest, said in a LinkedIn post<\/a> on Friday that the turbine tower sections would be stored at the port before being transported to site later this year, with installations scheduled to start early next year.<\/p>\n

\"\"Image source: Squadron Energy<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Port of Newcastle\u2019s state-of-the-art storage facilities means our components will be well-looked after until we\u2019re ready for them to make the journey from Newcastle to the site,\u201d said Squadron Energy executive general manager development and delivery Tony Clark in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Squadron says the 126 tower sections spent eight days at sea before arriving at Newcastle, with the next shipment expected from next month. The parts range in length from 10 to 29 metres long.<\/p>\n

The turbine tower components will be delivered to the Uungala site via more than 700 oversize overmass deliveries under police escort, which will take place over a 12-month period.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re powering through work on site and can\u2019t wait to start erecting the first turbine early next year, getting one step closer to generating clean energy through our 414MW project,\u201d Clark says.<\/p>\n

Port of Newcastle says having specialist storage available onsite minimises double handling and reduces unnecessary transport movements, benefiting both customer and regional communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the preferred gateway for 77 per cent of all renewable energy projects in NSW, we\u2019re proud to play a central role in advancing the state\u2019s clean energy transformation,\u201d Port of Newcastle said in a separate LinkedIn post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe [Uungala] shipment is the first of up to 30,000 wind farm components expected to pass through the port over the next decade, highlighting our unrivalled capabilities for handling large-scale renewable energy projects.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"Image source: Squadron Energy<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody has every undertaken such a complex freight task,\u201d said Port of Newcastle CEO Craig Carmody in the PoN video on LinkedIn. \u201cAnd we sit in the centre of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese [wind farm component] imports are a perfect example of the diversification that the port has been pursuing,\u201d Carmody said.<\/p>\n

Squadron Energy first broke ground on Uungala wind farm in January 2024, after emerging as one of the winners in the $4.2 billion NSW government tender, the results of which were\u00a0announced in December 2023<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The huge project has an energy off-take agreement with Snowy Hydro and approved connection to the grid.<\/p>\n

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