Mount Emerald Wind Farm

Mount Emerald Wind Farm
Mount Emerald Wind Farm
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Country	Australia
Coordinates	17°11′S 145°22′E / 17.183°S 145.367°ECoordinates: 17°11′S 145°22′E / 17.183°S 145.367°E
Status	Operational
Construction began	14 February 2017
Construction cost	$400 million
Owner(s)	RATCH-Australia;
Operator(s)	RATCH-Australia
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Hub height	84 m (276 ft) Vestas V112 ; 90 m (295 ft) Vestas V117
Rotor diameter	112 m (367 ft) ; 117 m (384 ft)
Rated wind speed	50 km/h (13.9 m/s)
Site area	2,400 ha (24 km2)
Site elevation	900 m (2,953 ft)
Power generation
Units operational	16 × 3.3 MW ; 37 × 3.45 MW
Make and model	Vestas V112-3.3MW ; Vestas V117-3.45MW
Nameplate capacity	180.5 MW
Annual net output	500-600 GWh
External links
Website	mtemeraldwindfarm.com.au
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Mount Emerald Wind Farm is a 180 MW wind farm situated on Mount Emerald, approximately 8 km WNW of Tolga, and 49 km SW of Cairns, in Queensland, Australia.^[1] The project is a joint venture between Port Bajool (land owner) and RATCH-Australia (wind farm developer and operator). RATCH-Australia bought the project from Transfield Services in July 2011.^[2]

Operations[]

The wind farm registered its first grid output in August 2018 and reached maximum output in January 2019. The network around the wind farm is generally constrained; this has an impact on the total amount of electricity it can generate.^{[citation needed]}

Mount Emerald Wind Farm Generation (MWh)
Year	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2018	114,356	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2,239*	27,237*	19,132*	30,535*	35,213*
2019	455,639	39,124*	21,108*	33,043*	62,106	53,452	45,636	33,884	45,804	40,882	33,083	26,186	21,331
2020	348,260	20,204	10,891	36,588	38,551	48,914	56,223	17,879*	14,075*	33,172*	15,113*	37,952*	18,698*
2021		28,953	14,298	36,514	43,141	52,500	30,136

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

References[]

^ "MT EMERALD WIND FARMREVISED A-WEIGHTED NOISE ASSESSMENT" (PDF).
^ "Mount Emerald Newsletter 3" (PDF). RATCH-Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

[1] "MT EMERALD WIND FARMREVISED A-WEIGHTED NOISE ASSESSMENT" (PDF).

[News3-2] "Mount Emerald Newsletter 3" (PDF). RATCH-Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2012.

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[2]

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Mount Emerald Wind Farm

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