Cattle Hill Wind Farm

Wind farm in Tasmania, Australia

42°09′04″S 146°41′17″E / 42.151°S 146.688°E / -42.151; 146.688StatusOperationalConstruction began2018Commission date2020Construction costA$400mOwner(s)Power ChinaOperator(s)Goldwind AustraliaWind farm TypeOnshoreHub height100 metres (328 ft)Rotor diameter140 metres (459 ft)Power generation Units operational26 × 3.0 MW
22 × 3.2 MWMake and modelGoldwind GW140 3SNameplate capacity148.4 MWCapacity factor37.24% (2021)Annual net output484.2 GWh (2021)External linksWebsitewww.cattlehillwindfarm.com
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Cattle Hill Wind Farm is a wind farm project developed and constructed by Goldwind Australia, in Tasmania.[1]

The site is located on the eastern shore of Lake Echo on the southern side of the Central Plateau of Tasmania[2] and connects into TasNetworks's transmission network at the adjacent Waddamana Substation.

The facility began construction in 2018 and was completed in 2020 with the installation of 48 Goldwind GW140 3MW turbines, each standing at 170m tall.

The wind farm's output of 144MW is equivalent to the consumption of approximately 63,000 homes.[3]

Operations

The generation table uses "eljmkt nemlog", a tracker for the Australian National Energy Market, to obtain generation values for each month. Grid connection started in January 2020, and was fully commissioned in August 2020.

Cattle Hill Wind Farm Generation (MWh)
Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2020 272,457 2,220* 6,064* 11,749* 16,892* 21,191* 18,036* 5,887* 32,825* 49,670 27,377 37,299 43,247
2021 484,150 34,730 28,090 35,777 53,537 48,022 34,207 49,537 51,835 48,981 39,993 24,477 34,964

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cattle Hill Wind Farm". Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Cattle Hill Wind Farm, Tasmania Region of Australia". www.power-technology.com. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. ^ Vorrath, Sophie (9 December 2019). "Cattle Hill wind farm starts sending power to the grid in Tasmania". RenewEconomy. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

External links

  • Cattle Hill Wind Farm website
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