News

April Construction Update

Granville Harbour Wind Farm is now sending around 29 MW of renewable energy to Tasmania’s electricity grid. That’s enough clean energy to power over 10,000 homes! Our construction team is making great progress on site with 16 of 31 wind turbines completed by the end...

Covid-19 Management Plan

Like many in the community, we are very concerned with the potential spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus and the potential for serious impact to the health of our workforce and their families. Over recent weeks, we have implemented significant measures to prevent the...

March Construction Update

The team onsite has made significant progress over the past month, with 100% of wind turbine foundations now complete and ten wind turbines installed by the end of February. Energy Minister Guy Barnett visited the wind farm site in late February to mark the start of...

First generation for Granville Harbour Wind Farm

Clean, renewable energy has begun flowing from the $280 million Granville Harbour Wind Farm on the West Coast, following the successful installation of nine of the site’s 31 advanced-technology turbines. When complete, the Granville Harbour Wind Farm will provide a...

Wind farm experience for west coast students

Sixteen Year 9 and 10 students from the Mountain Heights School in Queenstown have been given a rare insight into the construction of the Granville Harbour Wind Farm this week, as part of a two-day intensive program aimed at exploring ‘future work’ opportunities in...

February Construction Update

The construction of Granville Harbour Wind Farm is progressing well with 90% of wind turbine foundations now complete and several turbines now installed on site. Trenching is now underway to install the cable that connects each wind turbine to the wind farm...

Community Grants recipients announced

Ten local projects will receive a share in $20K grant funding in the first year of the Granville Harbour Wind Farm Community Grants Program. Project Director Lyndon Frearson said they received a fantastic response to the call for applications with a significant number...

First turbine installed at Granville Harbour Wind Farm

After almost ten years in the making, the first wind turbine has been successfully installed at the Granville Harbour Wind Farm site near Zeehan, marking a significant achievement for the project team. Workers on site were thrilled to see the first wind turbine...

Wind Farm transmission line now complete

Construction workers for the $280m Granville Harbour Wind Farm have successfully completed the project's new 11-kilometre 220kV transmission line and switching station, in preparation for sending an additional 112MW of clean, zero emissions energy into the grid. When...

November Construction Update

The first wind turbine tower sections were successfully installed during October, with the three lower tower sections for three wind turbines now erected and standing 48.6m above ground level. When complete each tower will be 137-metres high. Our first complete wind...