The Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) is slated to be one of New South Wales’s largest sources of renewable energy, including an array of solar panels, batteries, and wind turbines.
But simply moving wind turbine components to the regional area is proving to be a challenging and costly exercise.
Authorities in Australia’s most populous state are eyeing millions of dollars of new infrastructure simply to build or reinforce existing roads so that trucks can carry massive turbine blades to their destination, according to The Daily Telegraph.
Wind turbine blades are only getting longer and larger with current models about 90 metres long and seven metres wide….