The proposed Rye Park Wind Farm is a major new wind farm proposal in the Yass area of NSW which Epuron has been actively developing since late 2008 when the first wind monitoring mast was installed. It is currently under detailed development in preparation for the submission of its Environmental Assessment to the NSW Government in 2012.
The proposed Rye Park Wind Farm is located to the north of Yass and east of Boorowa, New South Wales, on the edge of the Southern Tablelands and the South West Slopes in the vicinity of the township of Rye Park.
The project would involve the construction and operation of in excess of 100 wind turbines, together with the control and maintenance buildings, associated civil works and electrical infrastructure required to connect into the existing transmission network. The turbines would be placed along a series of contiguous ridgelines and surrounding hilltops.
Following the installation of three on-site wind monitoring towers in 2008, Epuron is continuing to refine the proposal along ridgelines and hilltops that range in elevation from 700 to 800 meters above sea level. The exact site boundary will be confirmed in the Environmental Assessment to be prepared for the site.
The closest rural centre is the township of Rye Park located approximately 3 – 4km to the west of the site. Boorowa is located approximately 17km to the north west and Yass is about 17km to the south of the site. A number of rural residences surround the site, these have been identified through reviews of cadastral and topographic mapping, site
inspection and aerial imagery.