Musselroe Wind Farm facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Musselroe Wind Farm |
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| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 40°46′50″S 148°01′46″E / 40.780556°S 148.029444°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 2013 |
| Construction cost | A$394m |
| Operator(s) | Hydro Tasmania |
Musselroe Wind Farm is a wind farm at Cape Portland, Tasmania, Australia. It was the third wind farm built in the state, following the Bluff Point and Studland Bay Wind Farms (making up the larger Woolnorth Wind Farm).
While it is operated by Hydro Tasmania, which has a 25% stake in the farm, China-based Shenhua Clean Energy (SCE) owns a 75% stake in the farm. Guohua Energy Investment owns a 75% share in SCE, while its sister company, Shenhua Hong Kong, owning the remaining 25% share in SCE.
The farm consists of 56 Vestas V90-3MW wind turbines, with a generating capacity of 168 MW. The energy output from the Musselroe Wind Farm will be sufficient to supply electricity to around 50,000 households and abate 450,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.
The first 37 turbines were connected to the grid in 2013, and the full farm was completed in January 2014.
