Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm, South Australia
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Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm is a wind power
station at Port Lincoln
, South Australia
. It has 33 wind turbines, with a combined generating
capacity of 66 MW of electricity
.
Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm was commissioned in June 2005. It comprises 33 turbines of 2 MW each.
Wind power
Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships....
station at Port Lincoln
Port Lincoln, South Australia
- Transport :Port Lincoln is the port for the isolated narrow gauge Eyre Peninsular Railway.There is also a subsidiary port at Proper Bay which may be restored to use for iron ore traffic. The export of iron ore through Port Lincoln has been approved by the South Australian Government. Port...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. It has 33 wind turbines, with a combined generating
Electricity generation
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy.The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday...
capacity of 66 MW of electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
.
Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm was commissioned in June 2005. It comprises 33 turbines of 2 MW each.
See also
- Wind power in South AustraliaWind power in South AustraliaWind power in South Australia is a significant energy source for the state and South Australia is well suited to wind farms due to its proximity to the Roaring forties....
External links
- Roaring 40sRoaring 40sRoaring 40s is an electricity generator formed in partnership between Hydro Tasmania and China Light & Power . Since the beginning in 2005, Roaring 40s’ has 13 sites in operation or in planning in Australia, India, Hong Kong and mainland China. Cathedral Rocks, Woolnorth, Waterloo Wind Farm and...
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