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Wind

NSW mini-wind farm at centre of local dispute plans to use second-hand turbines for “repowering”
Hampton could be the second wind farm in Australia to use refurbished turbines – if it can get an anxious community on board.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 20, 2025

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Wind

Repowering proposal for mini NSW wind farm under attack from another fake news campaign
The owner of a small two turbine wind farm wants to repower it with bigger turbines, but is running into opposition supported by the local Nationals MP.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 18, 2025

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Wind

Australia’s oldest wind turbines back in action with a Danish facelift, and a major life extension
King Island’s small and ancient turbines – installed last century – are getting a facelift, rather than being pulled down and replaced by bigger machines.
Rachel Williamson

Mar 11, 2025

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Wind

Repowering old wind farms could treble capacity, using a lot less turbines
Experts say around 1700MW of aging wind generation in Australia could be repowered to deliver 6GW, using just a third of the turbines. But there are issues to address.
Rachel Williamson

Jul 25, 2024

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