Boco Rock Wind Farm Explained

Boco Rock Wind Farm
Coordinates:	-36.58°N 149.08°W
Country:	Australia
Location:	Nimmitabel, New South Wales
Status:	Operational
Construction Began:	August 2013
Commissioned:	2015
Owner:	Electricity Generating Public Company
Operator:	CWP Renewables
Wind Farm Type:	Onshore
Wind Hub Height:	80m (260feet)
Wind Rotor Diameter:	100m (300feet)
Ps Units Operational:	67 × 1.7 MW
Ps Units Manu Model:	General Electric 1.7-100
Ps Electrical Capacity:	113.9 MW
Ps Electrical Cap Fac:	34.99% (average 2015-2021)
Ps Annual Generation:	349.1 GWh (average 2015-2021)

Boco Rock Wind Farm is a wind farm 10km southwest of Nimmitabel in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. It has 67 GE 100-1.7 wind turbines with a hub height of 80m, and generates up to 113MW of electricity. It is managed by the developers, CWP Renewables but is now owned by EGCO.^[1]

The engineering, procurement and construction contract for the wind farm was let in June 2013 to a consortium of GE and Downer EDI. The electricity generated is contracted for sale to EnergyAustralia.^[2]

Operations

The wind farm began grid output in August 2014 and was fully commissioned in November 2014 and has operated continuously since then. The generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month.

Boco Rock Wind Farm Generation (MWh)!Year!Total!Jan!Feb!Mar!Apr!May!Jun!Jul!Aug!Sep!Oct!Nov!Dec
2014	61,991	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	-0.4\|3,695\|14,567\|17,705\|26,024\|-\|2015\|317,676\|30,170\|15,479\|20,781\|26,880\|31,330\|20,594\|37,334\|33,938\|24,587\|30,207\|23,659\|22,717\|-\|2016\|373,041\|23,872\|20,042\|18,330\|20,302\|43,057\|34,331\|35,205\|29,503\|33,875\|49,162\|33,026\|32,336\|-\|2017\|344,923\|30,728\|27,372\|19,841\|19,422\|23,106\|14,012\|40,765\|39,900\|50,472\|27,906\|22,031\|29,368\|-\|2018\|367,314\|28,332\|19,930\|23,991\|21,557\|33,573\|32,096\|43,784\|46,581\|30,177\|28,347\|32,397\|26,549\|-\|2019\|365,386\|26,412\|23,086\|26,678\|22,133\|40,476\|26,817\|36,397\|35,287\|31,487\|25,759\|41,277\|29,577\|-\|2020\|342,867\|30,895\|33,176\|35,922\|24,911\|29,239\|25,081\|25,083\|26,083\|31,590\|27,660\|25,788\|27,439\|-\|2021\|332,608\|21,739\|20,709\|21,992\|16,927\|24,933\|31,594\|43,958\|37,198\|41,470\|29,314\|22,721\|20,053\|}Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month. References }

Notes and References

Web site: Boco Rock Wind Farm . 27 September 2019.
News: GE and Downer partner to deliver $350m Boco Rock Wind Farm . Sustainability Matters . 28 June 2013 . 27 September 2019.