Bango Wind Farm is a

wind farm A wind farm, also called a wind park or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turbines covering an exten ...

in the Australian state of

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

. It was developed by

CWP Renewables CWP Renewables is an Australian developer and owner of renewable energy systems such as wind farms and solar farms. History The company was established in 2007 as a joint venture of Continental Wind Partners and Wind Prospect. It was later m ...

between the towns of Yass and

Boorowa Boorowa () is a farming village in the Hilltops Council, Hilltops Region in the South West Slopes, south west slopes of New South Wales, Australia. It is located in a valley southwest of Sydney around above sea-level. The town is in Hilltops C ...

. Construction began in August 2019 and became fully operational in 2023. The wind farm consists of 46 wind turbines. They are GE turbines which generate up to 5.3 MW each, for a total rated capacity of 244 MW. The wind farm has an offtake agreement with

Snowy Hydro Snowy Hydro Limited is an electricity generation and retailing company in Australia that owns, manages, and maintains the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme that consists of nine hydro-electric power stations and sixteen large dams connected ...

for 100MW of its generation. It has another agreement to supply electricity to Woolworths to supply over 100 supermarkets.Bango Wind Farm

DT Infrastructure Gamuda Berhad () is an engineering, property and infrastructure company based in Malaysia. It is one of the largest Malaysian infrastructure companies and has undertaken various projects, both locally and overseas, like the construction of Kl ...

The tower for each wind turbine is high. It is delivered and constructed in five sections. It has both a ladder and a lift from the entrance door to the nacelle.

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Energy infrastructure completed in 2023 Wind farms in New South Wales 2023 establishments in Australia {{wind-farm-stub