Clarke Creek Wind Farm hosts local school students
Students from Clarke Creek Primary School enjoyed a site visit on Friday 31 May, donning hard hats and hi-vis to inspect the construction progress up close. With students from Years 1 and 2 currently exploring important places in their community, the excursion aimed to enhance students’ understanding of renewable energy projects in their region, with […]
Uungula Wind Farm community newsletter – May 2024
Squadron Energy and its main contractors, Nacap and Maas, have started pre-construction activities for Uungula Wind Farm, which is the largest wind farm being built in New South Wales. This involves an upgrade to Twelve Mile Road, including safety upgrades to the Goolma Road intersection, a wider and improved bitumen road surface and upgraded drainage, […]
Vegetation clearing on Twelve Mile Road
Vegetation clearing and pruning has started along Twelve Mile Road in preparation for the widening and re-sheeting of the road, making it safer for all vehicles. All trees are inspected prior to pruning or removal. Squadron Energy has a qualified arborist to provide inspections and advice on tree removal and/or pruning. This includes checking tree […]
Equipment deliveries explained
Squadron Energy understands that there have been concerns publicly expressed regarding the transport of Over Size Over Mass (OSOM) equipment on Twelve Mile Road at the same time as stock trucks are leaving local farms. There will be no OSOM deliveries until late 2025 at the earliest. We recently held a transport workshop in Wellington, […]
Squadron Energy supports University of Wollongong students to compete at Indigenous Nationals
University of Wollongong (UOW) will field not one, but two teams to compete in the Indigenous Nationals at the Wollongong campus from 23-27 June. The Indigenous Nationals is an annual week-long multisport event that unites students from universities across Australia to vie in a range of sports, ultimately determining the champion university team of the […]
Oversize overmass transport update – June 2024
Oversize overmass (OSOM) movements to the Clarke Creek Wind Farm project site are continuing, including ongoing transportation of turbine components and ancillary electrical components. The OSOM deliveries take place overnight with police escorts in place where required. This includes two additional upcoming transformer deliveries that ODLS are undertaking to the Clarke Creek Wind Farm site […]
Dubbo Firming Power Station project update – May 2024
Dubbo Firming Power Station has been approved by the NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure and the NSW Independent Planning Commission. This is a major milestone for the project and we are grateful to everyone who provided feedback and engaged with us during the consultation and planning phases. Read more in the latest project update.
Upcoming Online Community Information Sessions
Are you interested in learning more about investing in renewable energy? DomaCom and Squadron Energy are hosting three online community information sessions to help local communities learn more about the Central West Orana Community Investment Fund. The investment fund is open to any resident living in the NSW Government’s Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), an […]
Twelve Mile Road bitumen surface removal
From Monday 20 May 2024, Twelve Mile Road will have sections of bitumen removed for road upgrade works. This will mean that there will be a change to the road surface from bitumen to gravel, while upgrading works are underway. Speed limit restrictions with lane closures will be in place during these works.
Squadron Energy & Dragons’ 2024 Community Blitz Boosts 13 Central West Schools
The three-day program included school visits and clinics run by NRL and NRLW Dragons players and ambassadors in Goolma, Wellington, Dunedoo, Wongarbon, Kandos, Mudgee and Ilford. The program included a series of interactive workshops for local primary and secondary students centred around the St George Illawarra Dragons’ health and wellbeing program: ‘The Best You Can Be.’ […]