Wonthaggi Wind Farm

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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.

CountryAustralia
LocationVictoria
Coordinates38°36′11″S 145°32′26″E
CommissiondateDecember 2005
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Wonthaggi Wind Farm
Wonthaggi wind farm
CountryAustralia
LocationVictoria
Coordinates38°36′11″S 145°32′26″E
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)
External links
Websiteedlenergy.com/project/wonthaggi/
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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]

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