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
Hub height45 metres (148 ft)
Rotor diameter44 metres (144 ft)
Power generation
Units operational8 × 600 kW
Make and modelVestas V44-600kW
Nameplate capacity4.8 MW
Annual net output8 GWh
External links
Websitehttps://www.tiltrenewables.com/assets-and-projects/Crookwell-Wind-Farm/
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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][4] In 2017, a modification to the wind farm development was approved, allowing an increase in the hub height from 80m to 95m, blade size from 47 to 64m, rotor diameter from 96 to 130m and blade tip height from 128 to 160m.[5] It is expected to generate 300 GWh of energy per year, at a corresponding capacity factor of 36%.

Crookwell 2 Wind Farm
CountryAustralia
LocationCrookwell, New South Wales
Coordinates34.5165°S 149.54248°E / -34.5165; 149.54248
StatusOperational
Commission date2018
Construction costA$200m
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Hub height95 metres (312 ft)
Rotor diameter130 metres (427 ft)
Power generation
Units operational28 × 3.4 MW
Make and modelGeneral Electric 3.4-130
Nameplate capacity95.2 MW
Capacity factor35% (average 2019-2020)
Annual net output291.1 GWh (average 2019-2020)
External links
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Cullerin Range Wind Farm, from the air

Operations

First generation started in August 2018, and reached full production in December 2018. The generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month.

Crookwell 2 Wind Farm Generation (MWh)
Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2018 57,913 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 803* 5,025* 11,012* 22,491* 18,582
2019 294,318 21,453 18,681 22,158 16,016 23,799 17,488 31,281 31,638 28,288 22,960 33,660 26,896
2020 287,940 22,299 21,348 19,847 28,346 23,423 19,731 19,797 33,931 30,166 24,051 20,223 24,778
2021 24,396 17,177 27,571 16,532 21,366 25,955 33,429 33,390 31,876

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

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.
  4. "Wind farms in New South Wales: a page of Wind in the Bush". ramblingsdc.net. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  5. "Crookwell2WindFarmModification‐2ApplicationDateLodged:26thAugust2016". Archived from the original on 13 April 2021.


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