List of wind farms in Victoria
Victoria has some of the best wind resources in Australia, along the southern coast and in the higher altitude areas. Most of Victoria's wind farms are being built along the southern coast and around the Ballarat, Ararat, and Hamilton areas.[1]
The total capacity for the state as of 2014 was around 1,080 MW,[2] more than double the output of the Anglesea Coal Fired Power Station. Several wind farms are under construction while several more have been proposed and approved.[1] The total potential capacity of wind turbines in Victoria including those currently operational, those under construction, and approved proposals is around 3,600 MW.[2] By comparison, Victoria's total peak electricity usage is around 8,000–10,000 MW.[3]
Wind farms in Victoria
This is a list of wind farms in Victoria, Australia with a generating capacity of more than 4 MW:[4]
Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Turbines | Capacity (MW) | Status | Completion Date | Notes |
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Ararat Wind Farm | RES Australia | 37°14′41″S 142°59′04″E / 37.244752°S 142.984501°E | 75 | 240 | Operating | May 2017 | [5] |
Bald Hills Wind Farm | Mitsui | 38°46′05″S 145°54′40″E / 38.768°S 145.911°E | 52 | 106 | Operating | July 2015 | |
Challicum Hills Wind Farm | Pacific Hydro | 37°22′59″S 143°05′19″E / 37.382939°S 143.088676°E | 35 | 52.5 | Operating | August 2003 | |
Chepstowe Wind Farm | Future Wind | 37°35′20″S 143°30′36″E / 37.589°S 143.510°E | 3 | 6.1 | Operating | April 2015 | |
Codrington Wind Farm | Pacific Hydro | 38°16′25″S 141°58′34″E / 38.273565°S 141.976055°E | 14 | 18.2 | Operating | 2001 | |
Coonooer Bridge | Windlab Limited | 6 | 19.8 | Operating | March 2016 | ||
Kiata Wind Farm | WindLab | 36°13′S 141°28′E / 36.22°S 141.47°E | 9 | 31.5 | Operating | 2018 | |
Leonards Hill Wind Farm | Hepburn Wind | 37°25′30″S 144°07′12″E / 37.425°S 144.120°E | 2 | 4.1 | Operating | July 2011 | |
Macarthur Wind Farm | AGL Energy/Meridian Energy | 38°02′24″S 142°01′30″E / 38.040°S 142.025°E | 140 | 420 | Operating | January 2013 | [6] |
Maroona Wind Farm | Future Energy | 3 | 6 | Planning approved | [7] | ||
Mortons Lane Wind Farm (Woodhouse) | Tian Run Australia | 37°50′06″S 142°27′00″E / 37.835°S 142.450°E | 13 | 19.5 | Operating | May 2012 | |
Mount Mercer Wind Farm | Meridian Energy | 37°50′28″S 143°52′16″E / 37.841°S 143.871°E | 64 | 131 | Operating | September 2014 | [8] |
Oaklands Hill Wind Farm | AGL Energy Limited | 37°41′S 142°33′E / 37.68°S 142.55°E | 32 | 67.2 | Operating | April 2012 | |
Portland Wind Farm
Stage 1: Yambuk |
Pacific Hydro | 38°18′00″S 142°00′11″E / 38.300°S 142.003°E | 20 | 30 | Operating | May 2007 | |
Portland Wind Farm
Stage 2: Cape Bridgewater |
Pacific Hydro | 38°22′30″S 141°23′42″E / 38.375°S 141.395°E | 29 | 58 | Operating | October 2009 | |
Portland Wind Farm
Stage 3: Cape Nelson South |
Pacific Hydro | 38°25′30″S 141°32′06″E / 38.425°S 141.535°E | 22 | 44 | Operating | July 2009 | |
Portland Wind Farm
Stage 4: Cape Sir William Grant and Cape Nelson North |
Pacific Hydro | 38°24′00″S 141°37′12″E / 38.400°S 141.620°E | 23 | 47 | Operating | February 2015 | |
Toora Wind Farm | Transfield Infrastructure Fund | 38°39′24″S 146°20′27″E / 38.656730°S 146.340926°E | 12 | 21 | Operating | 2002 | |
Waubra Wind Farm | Acciona Energy/ ANZ Infrastructure Services | 37°21′56″S 143°37′27″E / 37.365533°S 143.624289°E | 128 | 192 | Operating | 2009 | |
Wonthaggi Wind Farm | Wind Power Pty Ltd | 38°36′11″S 145°32′42″E / 38.603°S 145.545°E | 6 | 12 | Operating | 2005 | |
Mount Gellibrand Wind Farm | Acciona | 38°13′48″S 143°45′54″E / 38.230°S 143.765°E | 44 | 132 | Operating | Expected completion Mid-2018[9] | |
Yaloak South Wind Farm | Pacific Hydro | 37°39′36″S 143°38′06″E / 37.660°S 143.635°E | 14 | 28.7 | Operating | June 2018 | [10] |
Murra Warra Wind Farm
Stage 1 |
RES Australia/ Macquarie Group | 36°25′52″S 142°19′16″E / 36.431°S 142.321°E | 61 | 225.7 | Under construction | Expected Completion Aug 2019[11] | |
Murra Warra Wind Farm
Stage 2 |
RES Australia/ Macquarie Group | 36°25′52″S 142°19′16″E / 36.431°S 142.321°E | 55 | 203.5 | Planning approved | Planning Approved Nov 2016[12] | |
Berrimal Wind farm | Acciona Energy | 36°30′36″S 143°27′18″E / 36.510°S 143.455°E | 24 | 72 | Planning approved | Planning Approved September 2014[2] Under review 2018[13] | |
Berrybank Wind Farm | Unión Fenosa Wind Australia | 37°56′S 143°31′E / 37.94°S 143.52°E | 79 | 290-330 | Planning Approved | Approved August 2010. Amended February 2018.[14] | |
Crowlands | Pacific Hydro | 37°09′00″S 143°05′24″E / 37.150°S 143.090°E | 39 | 80 | Planning approved | Approved Aug 2010[15] | |
Hawkesdale | Unión Fenosa Wind Australia | 38°07′S 142°22′E / 38.11°S 142.36°E | 26 | 104 | Planning approved | Approved Aug 2008. Amended December 2017 | |
Lal Lal Wind Farm[16] | WestWind Energy | 37°45′14″S 144°00′00″E / 37.754°S 144.000°E 37°37′34″S 144°01′16″E / 37.626°S 144.021°E |
64 | 150 | Planning approved | Approved April 2009, Amended March 2017[17] | |
Moorabool Wind Project | WestWind Energy | 37°42′11″S 144°10′34″E / 37.703°S 144.176°E | 107 | 321 | Planning approved | Approved Oct 2010. Construction expected to commence mid-late 2017, expected completion late 2018[18] | |
Naroghid[19](Woolsthorpe) | Wind Farm Developments | 38°14′42″S 143°04′12″E / 38.245°S 143.070°E | 20 | 46 | Planning approved | Approved April 2008. Amended May2017 | |
Newfield | Acciona Energy | 38°33′29″S 143°00′54″E / 38.558°S 143.015°E | 22.5 | Cancelled | [20] | ||
Ryan's Corner | Unión Fenosa Wind Australia | 38°19′S 142°09′E / 38.31°S 142.15°E | 56 | 224 | Planning approved | Planning Approved Aug 2008. Amended December 2017 | |
Salt Creek Wind Farm (Woorndoo) | Tilt Renewables | 37°56′42″S 142°37′48″E / 37.945°S 142.630°E | 15 | 50 | Operating | Expected completion July 2018 | [21] |
Stockyard Hill Wind Farm | Goldwind Australia | 149 | 530 | Under construction | Expected completion late 2019. | ||
Cherry Tree | Infigen Energy | 16 | 48 | Planning approved | Planning Approved Nov 2013 | ||
Darlington | Unión Fenosa Wind Australia | 38°00′S 142°56′E / 38.00°S 142.94°E | 75 | 375 | Seeking approval | [22][23] | |
Mortlake South Wind Farm | Acciona Energy | 42 | 76 | Planning approved | Approved Oct 2010, Amended April 2017. Expected Completion Oct 2020[24] | ||
Dundonnell (Mortlake) | Tilt Renewables | 88 | 350 | Planning approved | Approved April 2017[25] | ||
Dean | Wind Power Pty Ltd | 37°27′54″S 143°59′42″E / 37.465°S 143.995°E | 20 | Proposed | |||
Pyrenees | Wind Power Pty Ltd | 37°03′00″S 143°46′48″E / 37.050°S 143.780°E | 200 | Proposed | |||
The Sisters Wind Farm | Wind Farm Developments | 30 | Proposed | ||||
Baynton | Stanwell Corporation and WindLab Systems | 37°08′42″S 144°40′30″E / 37.145°S 144.675°E | 50 | Feasibility | |||
Korumburra | Wind Power Pty Ltd | 38°25′30″S 145°49′48″E / 38.425°S 145.830°E | 12 | Feasibility | |||
Portland | Wind Power Pty Ltd | 17.5 | Feasibility | ||||
Sidonia Hills | Hydro Tasmania | 37°12′54″S 144°30′36″E / 37.215°S 144.510°E | 120 | Feasibility (check) | |||
Tarrone | Unión Fenosa Wind Australia | 37°41′S 142°33′E / 37.68°S 142.55°E | 19 | 60 | Feasibility | ||
Dollar | AGL Energy | 38°34′48″S 146°12′00″E / 38.580°S 146.200°E | 80 | Cancelled | [26] | ||
Ferguson | Future Energy | 3 | 9 | Planning approved | Planning Approved Feb 2017 | ||
Timboon West | Future Energy | 3 | 9 | Planning approved | Planning Approved Mar 2017 | ||
Penshurst | RES Australia | 223 | Cancelled | [27] | |||
Nhill | Future Energy | 3 | 9 | Planning Permit Lodged | |||
Yawong | Future Energy | 3 | 9 | Planning Permit Lodged | |||
Bulgana | Enerfin | 63 | 189 | Planning approved | Planning Approved April 2015 |
- Summary of Victoria-wide total production in MW
Status | Capacity (MW) |
---|---|
Operating | 1730.6 |
Under construction | 530 |
Planning approved | 2324 |
Seeking approval | 393 |
Proposed | 350 |
Feasibility | 259.5 |
Total | 5587.1 |
See also
References
- 1 2 Wind Farms in Victoria
- 1 2 3 Department of State Development, Business and Innovation: Wind Projects in Victoria, retrieved 4 November 2014
- ↑ http://www.nemweb.com.au/mms.GRAPHS/DATA/DATACURRENTMONTH_VIC1.csv
- ↑ Wind Energy Projects in Victoria Archived 29 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Ararat Wind Farm". Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ↑ Clean Energy Council: Clean Energy Australia 2010 Archived 17 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Maroona Wind Farm". Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ↑ Mt Mercer Wind Farm: Latest Info Archived 7 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm". www.acciona.com.au (in au). Retrieved 2017-03-29.
- ↑ "Yaloak South wind farm". www.pacifichydro.com.au. Pacific Hydro. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ↑ [https://www.downergroup.com/downer-senvion-partnership-to-build-stage-one
- ↑ [http://www.murrawarra-windfarm.com/construction/
- ↑ "Berrimal Wind Farm". Acciona Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ↑ "Berrybank Wind Farm | Union Fenosa Wind Australia". www.unionfenosa.com.au. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ↑ "Crowlands wind farm project". Pacific Hydro. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ↑ "Ballarat wind farm proposal". Herald Sun. News Limited. 29 December 2006. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
- ↑ Turbine power gets green light
- ↑ Approval for Yaloak South and Moorabool Wind Farms
- ↑ Naroghid Archived 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Sinnott, Alex (23 February 2012). "Port Campbell wind farm scrapped". The Standard. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ↑ "Salt Creek Wind Farm". Tilt Renewables. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- ↑ "Spain's Union Fenosa To Build Australian Wind Farms". Planet Ark. Reuters. 3 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ↑ "VIC-Darlington". Union Fenosa Wind Australia Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ↑ "Mortlake South Wind Farm". Acciona Australia. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
- ↑ "Dundonnell Wind Farm". Tilt Renewables.
- ↑ Gardiner, Ashley (15 August 2007). "Gipplsand wind farm dumped". Herald Sun. News Ltd. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ↑ Himmelreich, Everard (3 November 2017). "Massive Penshurst wind farm dropped". The Standard. Fairfax Regional Media. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
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- Under construction wind farms in Victoria, Australia
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