Millions of Dollars Needed for Road Upgrades to Transport Massive Wind Turbine Blades

A supplied image shows a truck that rolled while carrying an 68-metre-long wind turbine blade at Apsley in the state's Central Highlands, Tasmania, Australia obtained on Sept. 19, 2019. (AAP Image/Supplied by Tasmania Police

The Central-West Orana Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) is slated to be one of New South Wales’s largest sources of renewable energy, including an array of solar panels, batteries, and wind turbines.

But simply moving wind turbine components to the regional area is proving to be a challenging and costly exercise.