Codrington Wind Farm, Victoria
- Codrington Wind Farm, Victoria
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Completed in June 2001, the 18.2 MW installation of 14 wind turbines generates 51 GWh annually, for a capital cost of 30 million Australian dollars by
Pacific Hydro being the first fully private investment in a wind farm in Australia. When opened it was Australia’s largest wind farm and the first in Victoria.Currently as of September 2008 the number of turbines has been expanded to a total of 34, stretching in both directions along the same stretch of coastline from the original installation of 14 turbines.
ee also
* Portland Wind Project
*Wind power in Australia
External links
*Pacific Hydro page on [http://www.pacifichydro.com.au/Default.aspx?tabid=131 Codrington Wind Farm]
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