Walkaway Wind Farm

Wind power station in Western Australia

28°53′53″S 114°52′7″E / 28.89806°S 114.86861°E / -28.89806; 114.86861StatusOperationalConstruction beganLate 2004Commission dateJanuary 2006Owner(s)Infigen EnergyOperator(s)Infigen EnergyWind farm TypeOnshoreHub height80 metresRotor diameter82 metresPower generation Units operational54Make and modelVestas NM82Nameplate capacity89.1 MWExternal linksWebsitewww.infigenenergy.com
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Alinta wind farm (also known as Walkaway wind farm) is a wind power station at Walkaway, just south of Geraldton, Western Australia.[1] It is owned by Infigen Energy and has offtake agreements with Alinta Energy and AGL Energy.[2]

The Alinta wind farm has an installed capacity of 89.1 megawatts. It supplies Perth and the south west in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS).

Each year the wind farm generates energy that would normally produce 360,150 tonnes of greenhouse gases if generated by fossil fuel based methods. This is the equivalent of removing 76,000 cars from the roads.[1]

Electricity produced by the wind farm is purchased mainly by Alinta Energy.[3]

In June 2022, one of the turbines collapsed, causing the wind farm to be temporarily shut down.[4]

See also

  • flagWestern Australia portal
  • iconWeather portal
  • iconRenewable energy portal

References

  1. ^ a b Major WA Initiatives.sedo.energy.wa.gov.au Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Alinta Wind Farm". Infigen Energy. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. ^ Renewable Energy Production
  4. ^ Vorrath, Sophie (16 June 2022). "Wind turbine collapses in "serious event" at WA wind farm". Renew Economy. Retrieved 3 July 2022.

External links

  • View the Alinta Wind Farm on Google Maps
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