ACCIONA Energía's fourth wind farm in Australia, fully operational since August 2018. The Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm has a capacity of 132 MW and will produce enough clean energy to power some 90,000 Australian homes.
The wind farm has been constructed around the southern and western sides of Mt Gellibrand itself. These open and partly elevated plains make the site an ideal location for a wind farm.
In July 2016, the Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm was successful in the State Government’s RCPI tender, for the purchase of green energy certificates linked to renewable energy generated in Victoria.
GENERAL INFORMATION
- Location: South-west Victoria, approximately 25 kilometres east of Colac and 17 kilometres west of Winchelsea
- Capacity: 132 MW
- Project configuration: 44 x Nordex ACCIONA Windpower AW125/3000
- Tower: steel, 87.5m hub height
- Completion date: End 2018
- Owner: ACCIONA Energía
- Grid connection: connected to the 66kV Powercor Terang-Geelong transmission line via a new terminal station
- CO2 emissions benefit: approximately 412,000 tonnes annually
- Project value: $258M AUD
KEY POINTS
- $258 million AUD investment
- Made up of 44 wind turbines
- Rotors with 125m diameter on 87.5m high steel towers (at hub level)
- Tip Height: 150m
- Energy production: equivalent up to 90,000 households
- 412,000 t of CO2 emissions avoided per year (in coal-fired power stations)
- Over 100 construction jobs and approximately 10 ongoing full time equivalent positions on site