Squadron Energy Begins Building 14GW Wind Farm Expected to Power 2 Million Homes In Australia

Squadron Energy Begins Building 14GW Wind Farm. Photo: Squadron Energy

The construction of the largest wind farm in Australia’s New South Wales is currently underway. Upon completion, the project is expected to generate 14GW of green electricity which will be sufficient to power six million homes. The wind farm is being built by Squadron Energy, a renewable energy company in Australia, wholly owned by Tattarang.

The Uungula Wind Farm is being built in Wiradjuri country, 14km east of Wellington in New South Wales. Once completed the 69-turbine wind farm will prevent more than 560,000 tonnes of carbon emissions from being released into the atmosphere annually, claims the company Squadron Energy.

“No longer will we have to rely on expensive, volatile, planet-destroying fuels. We will have secure and inexpensive energy from a huge new industry for Australia,” said Tattarang Chairman Dr. Andrew Forrest. The Uungula Wind Farm project is touted as a “landmark milestone for renewable energy” in Australia. It is expected to create more than 260 jobs and inject around $40 million into the local economy, said Jason Willoughby, CEO of Squadron Energy.

Meanwhile, in India, the 1,600MW Jaisalmer Wind Park is the country’s biggest which was developed by Suzlon Energy. The wind farms are installed with various models of wind turbines manufactured by Suzlon. Along with that, the 1,500MW Muppandal wind farm is the biggest onshore wind farm in India consisting of a group of wind farms in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu.

According to Mercom India Research, India got only 412 MW of wind power capacity in the third quarter of 2023 which nosedived 53 percent on a year-over-year comparison. The installations were down 64% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) from 1,139.9 MW. The downfall was witnessed primarily in leading wind energy states like Karnataka and Rajasthan where there were no installations in that particular quarter, said the report.

The report by Mercom India Research on wind energy projects further mentioned the performance of several states in Q3 23 among which Gujarat maintained a lead in wind installations, accounting for 25.1 percent of the country’s total capacity. Tamil Nadu was at the second spot with 23.3 percent followed by Karnataka at 12 percent of the total wind capacity, and Rajasthan with 11.8 percent.