Cattle Hill Wind Farm Explained

Cattle Hill Wind Farm
Coordinates:-42.151°N 146.688°W
Country:Australia
Status:O
Construction Began:2018
Commissioned:2020
Cost:A$400m
Owner:Power China
Operator:Goldwind Australia
Ps Units Operational:26 × 3.0 MW
22 × 3.2 MW
Ps Units Manu Model:Goldwind GW140 3S
Wind Hub Height:100m (300feet)
Wind Rotor Diameter:140m (460feet)
Wind Farm Type:Onshore
Ps Electrical Capacity:148.4 MW
Ps Electrical Cap Fac:37.24% (2021)
Ps Annual Generation:484.2 GWh (2021)

Cattle Hill Wind Farm is a wind farm project developed and constructed by Goldwind Australia, in Tasmania.[1]

The site is located on the eastern shore of Lake Echo on the southern side of the Central Plateau of Tasmania[2] and connects into TasNetworks's transmission network at the adjacent Waddamana Substation.

The facility began construction in 2018 and was completed in 2020 with the installation of 48 Goldwind GW140 3MW turbines, each standing at 170m tall.

The wind farm's output of 144MW is equivalent to the consumption of approximately 63,000 homes.[3]

Operations

The generation table uses "eljmkt nemlog", a tracker for the Australian National Energy Market, to obtain generation values for each month. Grid connection started in January 2020, and was fully commissioned in August 2020.

Cattle Hill Wind Farm Generation (MWh)!Year!Total!Jan!Feb!Mar!Apr!May!Jun!Jul!Aug!Sep!Oct!Nov!Dec
2020272,4572,220*6,064*11,749*16,892*21,191*18,036*5,887*32,825*49,67027,37737,29943,247
2021484,15034,73028,09035,77753,53748,02234,20749,53751,83548,98139,99324,47734,964
Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cattle Hill Wind Farm. 2021-08-30. en-US. 7 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211007204904/https://cattlehillwindfarm.com/. live.
  2. Web site: Cattle Hill Wind Farm, Tasmania Region of Australia. 2021-11-16. www.power-technology.com. en-GB.
  3. Web site: Vorrath. Sophie. 2019-12-09. Cattle Hill wind farm starts sending power to the grid in Tasmania. 2021-11-16. RenewEconomy. en-AU.