Submissions welcome for community enhancement fund
The community enhancement fund for Jeremiah Wind Farm – which will provide annual funding for projects that benefit the local community during the life of the project – is currently on display for comment. The community fund will be established in the form of a Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) with Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council. The VPA […]
Jeremiah Wind Farm community newsletter – October 2021
Environmental assessments and technical studies are continuing at Jeremiah Wind Farm and the Secretary’s Environmental Assessment Requirements (SEARS) have recently been issued for the project. Read more in the latest community newsletter.
Finance restructure supports future PPAs with Australian businesses
CWP Renewables (CWPR) recently restructured its senior finance for Sapphire Wind Farm, the largest generating wind farm in NSW. The restructure included an additional $20 million in debt as a result of CWPR’s strong pipeline of offtakes – commitments from corporate Australia as businesses make the transition to renewable energy through power purchase agreements (PPAs). […]
Bango Wind Farm community newsletter – September 2021
Construction work on Bango Wind Farm is progressing well. There are now 22 wind turbine towers fully constructed, including 10 which are exporting energy to the grid. Read more in the latest community newsletter.
Spicers Creek Wind Farm Project Update
The Spicers Creek Wind Farm team at CWP Renewables have been progressing feasibility investigations for the project, including assessment of preliminary biodiversity, transportation routes and preliminary civil and electrical design. Read the full update.
Jeremiah Wind Farm Community Values Survey (now closed)
Thank you to all who responded to the first Community Values Survey for this project. The survey is now closed. Feedback from the community is important to us and provides valuable input into the impact assessment as part of the development application. The results of the survey will be included in the Scoping Report and […]
Uungula Wind Farm Project Update – August 2021
The CWP Renewables team hopes that you are staying safe under the current circumstances. This newsletter provides an update on the Uungula Wind Farm project’s environmental approvals and contracting opportunities. Commonwealth EPBC Act Approval Granted The Uungula Wind Farm has received approval under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. The notice is available […]
Bango Wind Farm community newsletter – July 2021
Work is continuing at Bango Wind Farm. Winter brings with it the usual challenges, cold, wet and windy conditions but COVID-19 continues to be an additional factor we have to manage on site to ensure the workforce and broader community remain safe. Read the latest newsletter.
Crudine Ridge Wind Farm community newsletter – July 2021
We have had a chilly start to winter at Crudine Ridge and our commissioning and operations teams battled the elements to keep the project on track, whilst also managing to capture some amazing photos of the wind farm covered in snow. We continue to bring turbines online in accordance with the regulator’s requirements and continue […]
Woolworths Group invests in power purchase agreement with CWP Renewables
From January 2022, the PPA will cover around 30 per cent of Woolworths Group’s NSW energy needs with the electricity required to power 108 supermarkets, avoiding almost 158,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year. This is the equivalent to the yearly energy needs of 34,000 homes (or all the homes in the Blue Mountains Local […]