Woolnorth Wind Farm

Woolnorth Wind Farm
Location	Woolnorth, Tasmania
Coordinates	40.685°S 144.717°E / -40.685; 144.717
Commission date	2002, 2004, 2007.
Owner(s)	Hydro Tasmania and Guohua Energy Investment Co. Ltd
Power station information
Primary fuel	Wind
Generation units	62
Power generation information
Maximum capacity	140 MW

Woolnorth Wind Farm is a wind power development at Woolnorth (Cape Grim), Tasmania, Australia. It is made up of two wind farms, Bluff Point Wind Farm (65 MW) and Studland Bay Wind Farm (75 MW).

Stage one of Bluff Point consisted of 6 Vestas 1.75 MW turbines, stage two expanded the wind farm with a further 31 of the same turbines. Stage one was commissioned in 2002 and stage two in 2004. Studland Bay Wind Farm was commissioned in 2007 and Vestas V90 3 MW turbines were used. Both wind farms are operated by Hydro Tasmania who also own a 25% share, the remaining 75% Guohua Energy Investment Co. Ltd.

See also

• Wind power in Australia

External links

• Hydro Tasmania page on [1]