Crookwell Wind Farm
Crookwell Wind Farm, located at Crookwell west of Goulburn, New South Wales, consists of eight 600 kW wind turbines giving a total capacity of 4.8 MW. It was the first grid-connected wind farm in Australia when built by Pacific Power in 1998. It is now owned by Tilt Renewables.
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| Country | Australia |
| Location | Crookwell, New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 34.5165°S 149.54248°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1998 |
| Owner(s) | Tilt Renewables |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | onshore |
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| Units operational | 8 X 600 kW (original) 28x 3.4MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 4.8 MW 92 MW |
The farm was the largest wind farm in Australia when built, with the energy produced bought and on-sold to customers by then energy retailer Great Southern Energy.
Crookwell 2
Phase two of the Crookwell Wind Farm, planned to have an installed capacity of 92 MW, is under construction since 2009.[1][2] it was officially opened in November 2018.[3]
References
- Alan Copeland. Electricity Generation Major Development Projects -- October 2009 Listing Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, ABARE, November 2009, p. 9.
- "Union Fenosa Wind Australia announces continuing works at Crookwell 2 wind farm" in the Crookwell Gazette, 10 July 2012
- Vorrath, Sophie (5 November 2018). "Crookwell 2 wind farm opens, in win for local farmers and ACT power prices". Retrieved 5 June 2019.
External links
- Eraring Energy page on Crookwell Wind Farm
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