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.

Crookwell Wind Farm
CountryAustralia
LocationCrookwell, New South Wales
Coordinates34.5165°S 149.54248°E / -34.5165; 149.54248
StatusOperational
Commission date1998
Owner(s)Tilt Renewables
Wind farm
Typeonshore
Power generation
Units operational8 X 600 kW (original)
28x 3.4MW
Nameplate capacity4.8 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]

Cullerin Range Wind Farm, from the air
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gollark: Partly, yes.
gollark: Or at least, you know, fewer.
gollark: I'd prefer there to not be.
gollark: Probably all the complex ones, yes.

See also

References
  1. Alan Copeland. Electricity Generation Major Development Projects -- October 2009 Listing Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, ABARE, November 2009, p. 9.
  2. "Union Fenosa Wind Australia announces continuing works at Crookwell 2 wind farm" in the Crookwell Gazette, 10 July 2012
  3. Vorrath, Sophie (5 November 2018). "Crookwell 2 wind farm opens, in win for local farmers and ACT power prices". Retrieved 5 June 2019.


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