Summary
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 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Country | Australia |
| Location | Crookwell, New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 34°30′59″S 149°32′33″E / 34.5165°S 149.54248°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1998 |
| Owner(s) | Tilt Renewables |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Onshore |
| Hub height | 45 metres (148 ft) |
| Rotor diameter | 44 metres (144 ft) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 8 × 600 kW |
| Make and model | Vestas V44-600kW |
| Nameplate capacity | 4.8 MW |
| Annual net output | 8 GWh |
| External links | |
| Website | https://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 edit
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 | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Country | Australia |
| Location | Crookwell, New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 34°30′59″S 149°32′33″E / 34.5165°S 149.54248°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 2018 |
| Construction cost | A$200m |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Onshore |
| Hub height | 95 metres (312 ft) |
| Rotor diameter | 130 metres (427 ft) |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 28 × 3.4 MW |
| Make and model | General Electric 3.4-130 |
| Nameplate capacity | 95.2 MW |
| Capacity factor | 35% (average 2019-2020) |
| Annual net output | 291.1 GWh (average 2019-2020) |
| External links | |
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Operations edit
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.
| 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 edit
References edit
- ^ Alan Copeland. Electricity Generation Major Development Projects -- October 2009 Listing Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, ABARE, November 2009, p. 9.
- ^ "Union Fenosa Wind Australia announces continuing works at Crookwell 2 wind farm" in the Crookwell Gazette, 10 July 2012
- ^ Vorrath, Sophie (5 November 2018). "Crookwell 2 wind farm opens, in win for local farmers and ACT power prices". Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Wind farms in New South Wales: a page of Wind in the Bush". ramblingsdc.net. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Crookwell2WindFarmModification‐2ApplicationDateLodged:26thAugust2016". Archived from the original on 13 April 2021.
External links edit
- Eraring Energy page on Crookwell Wind Farm