Hengtong Cable Australia (HCA) will be supplying RJE Global, 81km of 33kV and 48km of Earth cable, to its Stage 2 Warradarge Wind Farm.

One of Western Australia’s largest wind farms is set to become the state’s largest, with the announcement that another 30 turbines will be added to the 180 megawatt (MW) Warradarge wind farm, taking it to a total capacity of 283 MW.

The $400 million expansion has been confirmed by Bright Energy Investments, a joint venture between Synergy, Cbus Super and CVC DIF. The developers say $30 million has been committed to the project by the WA government as part of its $5.7 billion clean energy future investment.

Warradarge Stage 1 began construction in January 2020 and was completed in October of the same year, boasting 51 wind turbines and a combined capacity of 180 MW.

The Stage 2 expansion of the project when complete will provide 283 MW, which would eclipse the Collgar Wind Farm as the state’s largest, to date, with a capacity of 224 MW.