Bodangora Wind Farm

Bodangora Wind Farm is a 113.2 MW[1] wind farm owned by Infigen Energy in the district of Bodangora near Wellington, New South Wales, Australia. It consists of 33 wind turbines. The towers are 85 metres tall, and the rotor diameter is 130 metres. The wind turbine blades were manufactured in Bergama, Turkey.[2] The development of the project began in 2009. It received planning approval in August 2013. The wind farm was completed on 27 February 2019.[3] Annually it is supposed to generate on average 361 GWh of energy at capacity factor of 36.4%.

Bodangora Wind Farm
CountryAustralia
LocationBodangora, New South Wales
Coordinates32.396°S 149.067°E / -32.396; 149.067
StatusOperational
Construction began2017
Commission date2019
Construction costA$236 million
Owner(s)Infigen Energy
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Hub height85 metres (279 ft)
Rotor diameter130 metres (427 ft)
Power generation
Units operational33 × 3.43 MW
Make and modelGeneral Electric 3.4-130
Nameplate capacity113.2 MW
Capacity factor35% (average 2019, 2020)
Annual net output346.9 GWh (average 2019, 2020)
External links
Websitehttps://www.infigenenergy.com/our-assets/owned-renewable-energy-assets/bodangora/

Bodangora Wind Farm has a power purchase agreement to sell 60% of the electricity generated to EnergyAustralia until the end of 2030.[4]

Operations

The wind farm began grid commissioning in October 2018 and was fully commissioned in December 2018 and has operated continuously since then. The generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month. The URL must be formatted as: "http://nemlog.com.au/show/unit/YYYYMMDD/YYYYMMDD/?k1=GENCODE" Bodangora's code is BODWF1, so that is used.

Bodangora Wind Farm Generation (MWh)
Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018 58,782 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 992* 6,015* 8,920* 18,234* 24,621*
2019 340,081 27,414 33,559 27,518 30,909 21,685 24,479 30,255 26,353 30,018 28,846 29,811 29,234
2020 353,663 30,895 33,176 35,922 24,911 29,239 25,081 25,083 26,083 31,590 27,660 29,153 34,870
2021 29,709

Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.

References
  1. "Bodangora Wind Farm" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. Coffey, Brendan (13 September 2019). "Fresh Air: Turkish Turbine Blade Factory Invigorates Historic Town". GE Reports. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  3. "Bodangora". Infigen Energy. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  4. Vorrath, Sophie (28 February 2017). "EnergyAustralia signs PPA for 113MW wind farm in NSW". Renew Economy. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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