Blaze delays progress of Cattle Hill Wind Farm in Central Highlands

The first of the massive wind turbine blades destined for a $300 million wind farm have arrived in Tasmania but they will stay at Bell Bay until the bushfire emergency is officially over.

The first of the massive wind turbine blades destined for the Cattle Hill Wind Farm have arrived in Tasmania but will stay at Bell Bay until the bushfire emergency in the Central Highlands is over.

TasPorts today said it had welcomed the first of the 68.75m-long blades to be used on the 48-turbine project which is being constructed near the Waddamana power station.

The project site is currently closed because of active bushfires in the area and the 120 workers have been moved off site.

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TasPorts and project developer Goldwind have thanked firefighters for the “extraordinary work” carried out trying to get a number of fires under control.

A ship carrying 68.75m wind turbine blades arrives in the Port of Bell Bay. Picture: TAS PORTS CORPORATION

Goldwind expects the $300 million wind farm to be operational by the end of this year.

TasPorts Acting CEO Anthony Donald said the turbine components would expected to arrive across six shipments and be stored at Bell Bay before making their way to the project site by road.

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A ship carrying 68.75m wind turbine blades arrives in the Port of Bell Bay. Picture: TAS PORTS CORPORATION

The Cattle Hill Wind Farm will have the capacity to power 63,500 Tasmanian homes.

Goldwind has appointed Hobart-based Hazell Brothers to undertake the full civil and electrical works for the project and Launceston-based company Gradco to undertake road upgrades to allow the wind turbine components to be delivered on site.

When operational the wind farm will employ 10 permanent maintenance staff.