{"id":359837,"date":"2025-04-22T17:48:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=359837"},"modified":"2025-04-22T18:05:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T08:05:36","slug":"wambo-transformer-on-its-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/04\/22\/wambo-transformer-on-its-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Wambo Transformer On Its Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>April 22, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The main grid transformer, weighing almost 180 tonnes, will be delivered to the Wambo Wind Farm construction site next week.<\/p>\n<p>This is a major step forward for the project, which is being developed\u00a0 south-west of Kingaroy.<\/p>\n<p>The transformer will be transported slowly from the Port of Brisbane to site on April 29, subject to weather and approvals.<\/p>\n<p>It will travel via Dalby, accompanied by pilot vehicles and police escorts.<\/p>\n<p>The convoy will then travel along Dalby-Jandowae Road into Hickeys Road, left into Jandowae East Road, right into Kingaroy-Jandowae Road, Niagara Road into Woollets Road, then right into Diamondy Road.<\/p>\n<p>The Wambo Wind Farm is being built in two stages, and will eventually consist of 83 wind turbines and generate more than 500MW of power.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More information is available on the Wambo Wind Farm <a href=\"https:\/\/wambowindfarm.com.au\/#about-the-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/03\/10\/key-milestone-in-stage-2\/\">Key Milestone In Stage 2<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/01\/28\/first-turbines-at-wambo\/\">First Turbines At Wambo<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/12\/16\/wind-farm-unveils-dashcam-plan\/\">Wind Farm Unveils Dashcam Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/09\/19\/wind-farm-deliveries-to-begin\/\">Wind Farm Deliveries To Begin<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/06\/25\/wind-farm-grants-announced\/\">Wind Farm Grants Announced<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/02\/23\/more-turbines-for-wind-farm\/\">More Turbines For Wind Farm<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/01\/30\/wambo-fund-applications-open-soon\/\">Wambo Fund Applications Open Soon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/10\/25\/work-starts-on-bigger-better-bess\/\">Work Starts On Bigger, Better BESS<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/06\/22\/powerlink-to-build-another-line\/\">Powerlink To Build Another Line<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/06\/08\/work-starts-on-new-wind-farm\/\">Work Starts On New Wind Farm<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/02\/24\/wind-farm-project-to-start-soon\/\">Wind Farm Project To Start Soon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/04\/21\/info-night-about-wind-farm\/\">Info Night About Wind Farm<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/03\/18\/stanwell-to-own-half-wind-farm\/\">Stanwell To Own Half Wind Farm<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main grid transformer, weighing almost 180 tonnes, will be delivered to the Wambo Wind Farm construction site next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":357032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3],"tags":[1676],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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