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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 / -34.5165; 149.54248
Status Operational
Commission date 1998
Owner(s) Tilt Renewables
Website
https://www.tiltrenewables.com/assets-and-projects/Crookwell-Wind-Farm/

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.

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

Phase two of the Crookwell Wind Farm, planned to have an installed capacity of 92 MW, is under construction since 2009. it was officially opened in November 2018. 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. 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 / -34.5165; 149.54248
Status Operational
Commission date 2018
Construction cost A$200m
Cullerin Range Wind Farm, from the air

Operations

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.

Crookwell 2 Wind Farm Generation (MWh)
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.

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