Waubra Wind Farm
Consisting of 128 wind turbines, with associated substations and an operations centre, each wind turbine has a capacity of 1.5 megawatts (MW). The total installed capacity is 192 MW. The turbines have a tip height of 119 metres, rotor diameter of 77 metres and a hub height of 80 metres. Annually the farm is projected to generate 630 GWh of energy over the life of the project, for an annual capacity factor of 37.5%.
The green energy generated by the wind farm each year provides electricity for 138,000 households enough to power a city 3-4 times the size of Ballarat.
Acciona Energy formed a Community Reference Group (CRG) for the construction phase of the Waubra wind farm, to provide a regular forum for community input to the project and to facilitate communication between members of the Waubra community and the wind farm project team. In 2010 the anti-wind farm lobby group the Waubra Foundation adopted the name of the nearby town.
The construction of the Waubra wind farm received financial assistance as part of the Victorian State government's Victorian Renewable Energy Target (VRET).
In July 2011 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 4 Corners program explored health concerns connected with Australian wind farms in its Against the Wind report. The Waubra wind farm and the community living around it was featured in the report.
A viewing platform designed by Melbourne-based firm JOH Architects is accessible to tourists and located just off the Sunraysia Highway.
Operations
The generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month.
Year | Total | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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2011 | 621,970 | 47,516 | 40,760 | 55,943 | 39,394 | 46,579 | 63,673 | 69,138 | 37,653 | 61,698 | 52,945 | 44,851 | 61,820 |
2012 | 661,894 | 70,705 | 46,604 | 57,089 | 35,204 | 53,773 | 55,093 | 51,242 | 73,212 | 56,441 | 53,840 | 48,515 | 60,176 |
2013 | 654,980 | 61,640 | 47,343 | 49,522 | 38,999 | 53,182 | 43,750 | 53,669 | 70,964 | 55,347 | 67,563 | 63,095 | 49,906 |
2014 | 615,260 | 65,029 | 53,295 | 38,908 | 48,443 | 41,629 | 57,079 | 65,049 | 41,226 | 47,213 | 53,965 | 55,453 | 47,971 |
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Note: Records date back to 2011.
See also
References
- ^ "Waubra Wind Farm". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
- ^ "Waubra Wind Farm | ACCIONA | Business as usual". www.acciona.com.au. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Waubra Wind Farm Fact sheet" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ Bauer, Lucas. "Acciona AW-77/1500 - 1,50 MW - Wind turbine". en.wind-turbine-models.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "Ballarat's Energy Use and Emissions - Stats & Facts. Breaze.org.au". Archived from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ^ "Welcome to Waubra Wind Farm". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
- ^ "JOH Architects". Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
External links
- Media related to Waubra Wind Farm at Wikimedia Commons
- Wind farms in Victoria
- JOH Architects