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| Mount Mercer Wind Farm | |
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| Country |  Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°50′28″S 143°52′16″E / 37.8411°S 143.871°E |
| Status | Final Design |
| Owner(s) | Meridian Energy |
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Mount Mercer Wind Farm website | |
The proposed Mount Mercer Wind Farm will be located at Mount Mercer approximately 30 kilometres south of Ballarat in Western Victoria on 2600ha. The wind farm will consist of 64 Enercon E82 wind turbines, giving a total installed capacity of 131 MW[1]. It is expected to generate approximately 395,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity each year which could power approximately 74,000 households and result in a reduction of some 510,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide[2].
Construction was due to commence in September 2009 under the management of West Wind Energy, however the project changed hands to Meridian Energy in the middle of 2009[3]. Construction has now been delayed until the end of 2009 or early 2010, Meridian Energy cite the global financial crisis as the cause of the delay in construction[3]. Construction is still yet to begin as of April 2010 and there is no update from Meridian Energy.
A proposed location[4] of the 64 wind turbines has been made available to the public. Local farmers who would have turbines on their land were offered $7000 per turbine per year[5].
External links
References
- ^ Mount Mercer Wind Farm Website
- ^ Wind farm to boost power supply
- ^ a b Mount Mercer Update August 2009
- ^ Mount Mercer wind farm turbine layout
- ^ "Mt Mercer wind farm proposal". The Courier. 18 April 2006. Retrieved 2010-04-10.