Woolnorth Wind Farm, Tasmania
Encyclopedia
Woolnorth Wind Farm is a wind power
station at Woolnorth (Cape Grim
), Tasmania
, Australia
. It is wholly owned and operated by Roaring 40s
and has 62 wind turbines, with a generating capacity of 140 MW of electricity
.
The first stage of the power station, with six 1.75 MW turbines, was completed in August 2002. The second stage, adding a further thirty one turbines and 54 MW of generating capacity, was completed in April 2004. Stage Three, the Woolnorth Studland Bay site consisting of twenty-five Vestas
V90 3 MW wind turbines, commenced in January 2006 and was completed in May 2007.
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 Woolnorth (Cape Grim
Cape Grim
Cape Grim is the northwestern point of Tasmania, Australia.It is the location of the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station which is operated by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in a joint programme with the CSIRO....
), Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is wholly owned and operated by Roaring 40s
Roaring 40s
Roaring 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...
and has 62 wind turbines, with a generating capacity of 140 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...
.
The first stage of the power station, with six 1.75 MW turbines, was completed in August 2002. The second stage, adding a further thirty one turbines and 54 MW of generating capacity, was completed in April 2004. Stage Three, the Woolnorth Studland Bay site consisting of twenty-five Vestas
Vestas
Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines. It is the largest in the world, but due to very rapid growth of its competitors, its market share decreased from 28% in 2007 to 12.5% in 2009...
V90 3 MW wind turbines, commenced in January 2006 and was completed in May 2007.
External links
- Roaring 40s
- Hydro TasmaniaHydro TasmaniaHydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as The HEC, is the government owned enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator in the state of Tasmania, Australia...
page on Woolnorth Wind Farm (pdf)