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Australia · NSW deep dive
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Data currency: 2026-05-18 · 59 of 67 projects verified at confidence ≥ 70/100
Verified URLs span NSW Planning Portal, IPC, DCCEEW EPBC, proponent project sites.
NSW deep dive › New England REZ › Skye Ridge Wind Farm

Skye Ridge Wind Farm

Origin Energy
windinvestigation areaConfidence: Medium
Capacity and technology
Technology
wind
Capacity (MW)
unknown
Estimated capex, local spend and peak workforce
Total development cost
unknown unknown
Capacity unknown — capex cannot be benchmark-estimated.
Estimated local / regional spend
unknown unknown
Local spend not estimable without a capex figure.
Estimated peak construction workforce
unknown
Industry benchmark: ~0.7 FTE/MW wind, 0.5 FTE/MW solar, 0.4 FTE/MWh BESS, 1.5 FTE/MW pumped hydro. Peak during civil/electrical phase only — operations workforce is typically ~5-10% of construction peak.
Approvals and access rights
Project status
investigation area
Planning status
Investigation area — pre-scoping (verify against Origin Development Projects page)
Access right status
not awarded
EPBC status
unknown
Grid connection
unknown
Financial close
not at financial close
Construction start
unknown
Operations start
unknown
Location
LGA
Walcha
Region
Northern Tablelands NSW
REZ
New England REZ
REZ relationship
inside declared REZ
Coordinates
-30.98, 151.5 (approximate)
Project documents — EIS, SEARs, proponent pages

Direct links to public documents and pages for this project. Phase 2 ingestion will pull updates automatically; Sprint 0 entries are verified manually with a confidence score per record.

Notes

Investigation area stage. Origin's New England portfolio also includes Northern Tablelands Wind Farm (more advanced).

Source confidence: 50/100
Last verified: 2026-05-18
Every material fact on this page is sourced. A "View source" link is provided per source below.
Source evidence
Confidence: Medium
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Open questions
  • Planning status against the NSW Planning Portal — verify SSD reference.
  • EPBC referral status — verify against DCCEEW public notices.
  • Storage MWh and voltage figures — confirm from proponent documents and AEMO Generation Information.
  • Workforce and accommodation commitments — confirm in SSD documentation or VPA.
  • First Nations engagement reporting — confirm in IEP / cultural heritage chapter.
See this project in context
REZ workspace
New England REZ
All projects, pressure bands and shared-value commitments for this REZ
LGA detail
Walcha
2 projects · everything affecting this council area
Workforce + supply ratio
Demand vs ABS baseline
How this REZ's peak compares to existing regional workforce
Regional spend
Annual flow by year
This project's share of the year-by-year capex flow into regional NSW
Project timeline
Gantt by REZ
Visual overlap with neighbouring projects' construction windows
Cross-sector pressures
Non-REZ competing demand
What else is being built in the region in the same window
Upcoming decisions
4 relevant to this project or REZ
IPC meetings, EIS exhibitions, council determinations