Wonthaggi Wind Farm

Wonthaggi Wind Farm
Wonthaggi wind farm
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CountryAustralia
LocationVictoria
Coordinates38°36′11″S 145°32′26″E / 38.60306°S 145.54056°E / -38.60306; 145.54056
Commission dateDecember 2005
OwnerEDL Energy- serviced by Vestas
Wind farm
Distance from shore700-900m
Hub height69m
Rotor diameter82m
Rated wind speed25m/s [1]
Power generation
Units operational6
Make and modelREpower: MM82
Nameplate capacity12 MW
Annual net output30 gigawatt hours (GWh)
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Wonthaggi wind farm is a wind power station at Wonthaggi in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It has 6 wind turbines, with a total generating capacity of 12 MW of electricity.

Technical Details

Each of the turbines is a German made Senvion (formerly REpower) MM82 turbines, with a rotor diameter of 82m, and each nacelle sitting on an Australian made[2] 69m tall tower.[3] The farm is operated by eDL Energy Australia, and became operational in December 2005.

Blade Snapping Incident

In March 2012 one of the rotor blades snapped,[4] Senvion (formerly REpower), the manufacturers of the turbine, replaced the blades. The fault was due to a manufacturing defect. [5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Technical data about Repower MM82 wind turbine". Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Keppel Prince - REpower: Wonthaggi Wind Farm". Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. ^ "EDL Factsheet" (PDF). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Worries at Victorian wind farm after rotor blade snaps". The Australian. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Senvion - Wonthaggi Blade Incident". 31 July 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.


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