Musselroe Wind Farm
Musselroe Wind Farm | |
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Country | Australia |
Location |
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Coordinates | 40°46′50″S 148°01′46″E / 40.780556°S 148.029444°ECoordinates: 40°46′50″S 148°01′46″E / 40.780556°S 148.029444°E |
Status | Operational |
Commission date | 2013 |
Construction cost | A$394m |
Operator(s) | Hydro Tasmania |
Wind farm | |
Type | Onshore |
Hub height | 80 metres (262 ft) |
Rotor diameter | 90 metres (295 ft) |
Rated wind speed |
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Power generation | |
Units operational | 56 × 3 MW |
Make and model | Vestas V90 |
Units planned | 56 × 3 MW |
Nameplate capacity | 168 MW |
Capacity factor | 38.39% (average 2014-2020) |
Annual net output | 565 GWh (average 2014-2020) |
External links | |
Website | www |
Musselroe Wind Farm is a wind farm at Cape Portland, Tasmania, Australia.[1] It was the third wind farm built in the state, following the Bluff Point and Studland Bay Wind Farms (making up the larger Woolnorth Wind Farm).
While it is operated by Hydro Tasmania, which has a 25% stake in the farm, China-based Shenhua Clean Energy (SCE) owns a 75% stake in the farm. Guohua Energy Investment owns a 75% share in SCE, while it's sister company, Shenhua Hong Kong, owning the remaining 25% share in SCE.[2]
The farm consists of 56 Vestas V90-3MW wind turbines, with a generating capacity of 168 MW. The energy output from the Musselroe Wind Farm will be sufficient to supply electricity to around 50,000 households and abate 450,000 tonnes of CO
2 emissions annually.[3]
The first 37 turbines have been connected to the grid in 2013,[4] and the full farm was completed in January 2014.[5]
Operations[]
The generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month. Grid connection started in March 2013, and was fully commissioned during September 2013.
Year | Total | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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2013 | 295,995 | N/A | N/A | 32* | 241* | 945* | 7,468* | 30,983* | 48,784* | 51,220* | 68,997 | 35,500 | 51,825 |
2014 | 484,474 | 34,713 | 27,852 | 31,917 | 34,204 | 44,233 | 39,258 | 40,538 | 34,299 | 46,341 | 53,862 | 47,685 | 49,572 |
2015 | 510,368 | 45,190 | 29,885 | 53,417 | 24,113 | 48,269 | 45,136 | 52,411 | 43,939 | 25,602 | 36,782 | 56,514 | 49,110 |
2016 | 612,762 | 42,717 | 35,000 | 32,513 | 38,435 | 54,397 | 66,585 | 74,100 | 52,272 | 40,050 | 65,207 | 61,271 | 50,215 |
2017 | 552,314 | 58,317 | 45,091 | 35,292 | 23,034 | 37,767 | 42,745 | 47,559 | 47,323 | 69,999 | 51,901 | 32,724 | 60,562 |
2018 | 581,505 | 41,025 | 36,252 | 43,946 | 52,602 | 60,142 | 41,883 | 67,299 | 61,374 | 59,152 | 32,440 | 40,365 | 45,025 |
2019 | 654,555 | 50,717 | 53,246 | 41,241 | 49,790 | 55,566 | 40,342 | 74,391 | 59,072 | 55,465 | 50,408 | 70,404 | 53,913 |
2020 | 555,972 | 52,825 | 58,586 | 30,647 | 56,364 | 47,486 | 37,668 | 36,360 | 46,909 | 50,266 | 45,181 | 39,047 | 54,633 |
Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.
Note: From 2018, the wind farm participated in the FCAS market; this generally reduces the amount of power provided to the grid in order to allow a ramp up when required.[6] The wind farm now has an apparent limit of ≈152 MW, rarely returning to its previous maximum output of around ≈166 MW when FCAS demands it.[citation needed]
See also[]
- List of wind farms in Tasmania
- List of wind farms in Australia
References[]
- ^ Alan Copeland. Electricity Generation Major Development Projects -- October 2009 Listing, ABARE, November 2009, p. 9.
- ^ "Hydro Tasmania, Shenhua Clean Energy to build Musselroe Wind Farm in Australia". www.power-technology.com. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Alison Andrews: "Musselroe wind farm to light up Tasmania from February " in The Examiner, 10 December 2012
- ^ Tim Walker and Leon Compton: "Musselroe Windfarm online" on ABC, 23 April 2013
- ^ Mounster, Bruce: "Energy future lies in the wind as Tasmania is urged to embrace a 'world-class resource'" in The Mercury, 19 January 2014
- ^ "Musselroe Wind Farm FCAS Trial - Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)". Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
External links[]
- Wind farms in Tasmania
- Wind farm stubs
- Australian power station stubs