Site Visit – Sapphire Wind Farm

Hosted by: Northern Group

Join the Northern Group in a site visit to the largest wind farm in NSW – Sapphire DATE Wind Farm in Inverell. Friday 6 April 2018

Sapphire Wind Farm is located in the New England region of northern NSW (in VENUE/TIME Inverell Shire Council and Council Areas). The site is 28km east of 3.00pm - 5.30pm Inverell and 18km west of Glen Innes to the north of the in the Kings Inverell Plains area. It has two neighbouring wind farms, White Rock and Glen Innes, which are located to the south of the Gwydir highway. PPE Steel cap boot, long sleeve shirt, long As ’ largest wind farm, Sapphire Wind Farm will provide clean wind (cotton) trousers. High vis jackets, energy: a much-needed alternative to fossil fuel. It will power 115,000 homes and hard hat, gloves and safety glasses displace 700,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide, while bringing economic benefits to the can be provided but would prefer local NSW New England region and the ACT. The 270MW wind farm comprises 75 attendees provide their own if they turbines, and construction will run from 2017 until mid-2018. The turbines will be have them. 200m to blade tip and occupy freehold land within and adjacent to agricultural areas. TICKETS (incl. GST) Construction is well underway with 75 turbine foundations completed, 34 EA Members: free bases/tower sections installed (with 14 completed) and 245km of underground Non-Members: $30 cabling installed.

Following the tour a networking dinner will be held at 6pm at a local venue TBA, cost Sponsored by: of dinner and drinks at attendees own care.

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