Taralga Wind Farm
CountryAustralia
LocationNear Taralga, New South Wales
Coordinates34°25′38″S 149°51′27″E / 34.4271°S 149.8576°E / -34.4271; 149.8576
StatusOperational
Construction beganSeptember 2013
Commission dateMid 2015
Construction costA$280 million[1]
Owner(s)State Power Investment Corp
Operator(s)CWP Renewables
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Hub height80 metres (262 ft)
Rotor diameter90 metres (295 ft)
100 metres (328 ft)
Site elevation910 metres
Power generation
Units operational21 × 2.0 MW
21 × 1.8 MW
9 × 3.0 MW
Make and modelVestas V90-2.0MW
Vestas V100-1.8MW
Vestas V90-3.0MW
Nameplate capacity106.8 MW
Capacity factor32.28% (average 2016-2020)
Annual net output302 GWh (average 2016-2020)
External links
Websitewww.pacificblue.com.au/our-energy-production/operating-sites/taralga-wind-farm/

The Taralga Wind Farm is a wind farm located near Taralga, New South Wales. Owned by Pacific Blue, it commenced operation in 2015.

Taralga Wind Farm was CBD Energy/Santander's first and only wind farm. It is a 106.8 megawatt wind farm with 51 turbines. The energy produced by the wind farm can power around 45,000 average Australian households per year, saving over 258,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year.[2]

Location

The Taralga Wind Farm is near Taralga.

Timeline

On 20 February 2012, approval was granted by the New South Wales Government for work to commence on the Taralga Wind Farm, after the approval of the Stage 1 CEMP. The project consists of 51 wind turbines generating 106.8 Megawatts of electricity on ridges to the east of Taralga. Electricity generated by the project will be fed into the national power grid through a 37.5 km transmission line to Marulan Substation.

The project created up to 200 local jobs during the construction phase.[3] Approval of the wind farm followed an unsuccessful challenge by the Taralga Landscape Guardians in the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales to block the project on the grounds of aesthetic and environmental impacts including noise emissions and blighting of the landscape. Chief Justice Brian Preston ruled in favour of approving the wind farm as the long-term benefit of reduced greenhouse gas emissions was in the greater public interest.[4] In June 2015, the wind farm was fully commissioned and commenced commercial operations. The layout of the wind farm can be seen through this link.

In March 2015, the Chinese state-owned utility State Power Investment Corp agreed to purchase the Wind Farm for a reported A$300 million, which includes the A$200 million debt facility from the CBD Energy (now BlueNRGY) and Banco Santander subsidiary Capital Riesgo joint venture.[5] The project is currently operated under an O&M contract with Vestas Australia, and has Wind Prospect CWP as asset Managers.[6]

Funding

To help fund the construction of the wind farm, CBD Energy/Santander signed a A$200 million project finance debt facility agreement with ANZ, CEFC, and EKF.[7] The project had off-take backing from EnergyAustralia The total project cost was A$280 million.

Operations

The wind farm began grid commissioning in December 2014 and reached full output in July 2015[8] and has operated continuously since then. The generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month.

Taralga Wind Farm Generation (MWh)
Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2014 1,834 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1,834*
2015 219,430 6,237* 5,993* 11,950* 13,024* 20,423* 14,382* 31,897 34,421 19,168 22,959 20,562 18,414
2016 318,480 17,309 13,246 12,180 12,716 45,007 33,133 40,319 26,627 28,697 41,827 23,462 23,957
2017 291,587 21,822 18,912 16,330 13,517 17,780 15,305 43,412 37,790 45,278 19,473 13,241 28,727
2018 299,383 19,557 17,018 19,435 17,990 29,260 27,049 42,007 41,402 24,603 20,004 23,740 17,318
2019 312,021 16,489 16,257 20,909 15,721 30,528 20,116 37,777 37,695 29,488 23,993 35,632 27,416
2020 288,735 19,621 20,795 17,089 30,067 24,518 22,239 22,983 40,801 29,118 24,366 16,695 20,443
2021 20,241 13,589 25,640 20,241 23,335 29,065 31,064 35,415 34,735

Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.

See also

References

  1. ↑ CEFC (2 July 2013). "Capital Renewable Energy Precinct" (PDF). CEFC. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.cleanenergyfinancecorp.com.au/media/40762/cefc_factsheet_taralgawind_lr.pdf
  3. ↑ "Taralga Wind Farm". Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Peel, Jacqueline. "Taralga Landscape Guardians case (2007)". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "China state firm buys Taralga wind farm, as Banco Santander exits". 15 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "CWP Renewables – Asset Management". Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  7. ↑ http://www.cleanenergyfinancecorp.com.au/media/40762/cefc_factsheet_taralgawind_lr.pdf
  8. ↑ "Taralga wind farm | Pacific Blue". www.pacificblue.com.au. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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