Taralga wind farm

TV Reception

Pacific Blue maintains a television transmitter device that helps boost television signal for nearby townships. This device was installed in early November 2015 and is part of the Taralga Wind Farm’s Permit Obligations for its Development Approval,

This device receives signal from other broadcasting towers, which are located in Wollongong and Canberra, and boosts the signal for local households that depend on rooftop aerials to receive television.

As of 1 July 2025, Pacific Blue is aware of damage to one of the dishes on the retransmitter device. This has affected one of the receiver dishes on the tower – the one that receives signal from the Wollongong tower. This is affecting services from Channel 9 (and associated 9 Entertainment-owned channels, such as 9Life and GO!) and Prime7 channels (including channels owned by the 7 Network, such as 7TWO and 7MATE).

Pacific Blue is in the process of rectifying this issue to ensure the return of a reliable, stable signal. To mitigate the impacts during this time, and to ensure that residents still have broad access to content from Channel 9 and 7 Network owned channels, the signal for these channels is being received from satellite, rather from the Wollongong tower. After receiving the signal from satellite, it is then rebroadcast from the local tower for Taralga.

This has meant that local content from Channel 9 and Network 7 is currently not available, which many residents have noticed. Receiving the signal via satellite means that most of the networks’ general content is available, however the region’s local news from Wollongong is missing.

We recognise that our Taralga community deserves to have access to local news– it’s particularly important for regional communities to have good access to television services, especially in instances like emergencies.

During this time, the ABC (and ABC-owned channels), SBS (and SBS-owned channels), and Network 10 (and their owned channels), receive their signal from a different tower, and are reporting good signal strength for local content.

Pacific Blue sincerely apologises for the impact of this damaged receiver to the community’s access to local television content. We know that this is frustrating, and we are working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. We aim to have the replacement part installed in July 2025. Some impacts to stable connection are beyond our control, this instance is one where the retransmitter has failed and we are working to fix the issue as soon as possible.

If you are still experiencing issues/outages: Please try ‘re-scanning’ or ‘re-tuning’ your television’s or set top box’s signal, as it may need to tune in to receive the new satellite signal.

If you have any questions, please send us an email via: [email protected].

Learn about the Taralga wind farm

The 106.8 MW wind farm is located within the Southern Tablelands of NSW in the Taralga township. The project comprises of 51 turbines, with a hub height of 80 m above ground level.

Since operation in 2015 the Project has generated enough clean electricity to supply approximately 38,000 houses and abates approximately 240,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year.

Pacific Blue, through Eco Logical Australia, manage a biobank site to the south of the wind farm. Management actions include, but are not limited to, weed control, planting or seeding, retention of native vegetation, control of pests and management of fire for conservation.

For any offset credit enquires, please email [email protected]