Musselroe Wind Farm

Musselroe Wind Farm is a wind farm at Cape Portland, Tasmania, Australia.[1] It is third wind farm in the state, being owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania. It consists of 56 Vestas V90-3MW wind turbines, with a generating capacity of 168 MW. The energy output from the Musselroe Wind Farm will be sufficient to supply electricity to around 50,000 households and abate 450,000 tonnes of CO
2
emissions annually.[2]

Musselroe Wind Farm
CountryAustralia
Location
  • Cape Portland
Coordinates40.780556°S 148.029444°E / -40.780556; 148.029444
StatusOperational
Commission date2013
Operator(s)Hydro Tasmania
Wind farm
Type
  • Onshore
Power generation
Units operational56
Units planned56 × 3 MW
Nameplate capacity168 MW
External links
Websitewww.woolnorthwind.com.au/wind-farms/musselroe

The first 37 turbines have been connected to the grid in 2013,[3] and the full farm was completed in January 2014.[4]

See also

References

  1. Alan Copeland. Electricity Generation Major Development Projects -- October 2009 Listing, ABARE, November 2009, p. 9.
  2. Alison Andrews: "Musselroe wind farm to light up Tasmania from February " in The Examiner, 10 December 2012
  3. Tim Walker and Leon Compton: "Musselroe Windfarm online" on ABC, 23 April 2013
  4. Mounster, Bruce: "Energy future lies in the wind as Tasmania is urged to embrace a 'world-class resource'" in The Mercury, 19 January 2014


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