Lal Lal Wind Farm

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Lal Lal Wind Farm
Lal Lal Wind Farm Logo.png
Country
  • Australia
Coordinates00°00′00″N 00°00′00″E / 0.00000°N 0.00000°E / 0.00000; 0.00000Coordinates: 00°00′00″N 00°00′00″E / 0.00000°N 0.00000°E / 0.00000; 0.00000
StatusUnder construction
Construction began
  • April 2018
Owner(s)
  • Macquarie Investment Management Australia Limited
Operator(s)
Wind farm
Type
  • Onshore
Rotor diameter
  • 136 m (446 ft)
Power generation
Units operational60 × 3.8 MW
Make and modelVestas V136-3.45 MW (60)
Nameplate capacity
  • 228 MW
External links
Websitewww.lallalwindfarms.com.au
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Lal Lal Wind Farm is a wind farm under construction southeast of Ballarat in the Australian state of Victoria. The wind farm has two sections about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) apart. There are 38 turbines two kilometres east of Yendon and a further 22 turbines two kilometres north of Elaine.[1]

The project was developed by WestWind Energy. The proposal was bought by Macquarie Capital in 2017, and financing was completed by onselling 40% to each of and with Macquarie retaining the other 20%. RES Australia is contracted to manage the build and first five years of operation. Construction is done by and Vestas.[2]

During the construction phase, one of the operating wind turbines was damaged on 15 September 2019 by a lightning strike during a storm. A direct hit resulted in one blade of a turbine being destroyed and falling to the ground. no other damage was reported.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "Lal Lal Wind Farms" (PDF). Fact Sheet. Lal Lal Wind Farms. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Lal Lal Wind Farm". Lal Lal Wind Farms. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. ^ Smith, Michelle (17 September 2019). "Lightning strike blamed for wind turbine blade damage at Lal Lal Wind Farm". The Courier. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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