Woolnorth Wind Farm, Tasmania
- Woolnorth Wind Farm, Tasmania
Woolnorth Wind Farm is a wind power station at Woolnorth, Tasmania, Australia. It is wholly owned and operated by Roaring 40s and has sixty two wind turbines, with a generating capacity of 140 MW of electricity.
The first stage of the power station, with six 1.75 MW turbines, was completed in August 2002. The second stage, adding a further thirty one turbines and 54 MW of generating capacity, was completed in April 2004. Stage Three, the Woolnorth Studland Bay site consisting of twenty-five Vestas V90 3 MW wind turbines, commenced in January 2006 and was completed in May 2007 making it the largest operational wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere.
ee also
*Wind power in Australia
External links
* [http://www.roaring40s.com.au/ Roaring 40s]
*Hydro Tasmania page on [http://www.hydro.com.au/Documents/Renewables%20Development/woolnorth%20fact%20sheet.pdf Woolnorth Wind Farm] (pdf)
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