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Wind farms in TasmaniaThese pages are independent of any company, lobby group, or government. This page created 2008/03/08, modified 2009/09/05 Information about wind farms that I have missed, additional interesting information, or corrections for anything that I have got wrong, would be greatly appreciated. About these pages Contact: email daveclarkecb@yahoo.com |
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Flinders Island wind farmI received the following in an email from Peter Kempster (who lives on King Island and manages the wind farm/power station there) on 2009/03/03:"Yes there are two wind turbines on Flinders Island. 1 x 55 kW unit installed in 88 and 1 x 25 kW unit installed in 96. These units are not owned by Hydro Tasmania, they are privately owned and Hydro Tasmania purchase's all the power they produce." |
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ABC on-line news reported on November 21, 2007 reported...
Hydro Tasmania has secured all the approvals it needs to build up to four wind turbines on Flinders Island. The turbines would produce between 0.9 and 3.4 megawatts of power and cut the the island's reliance on diesel by 30 per cent or about 350,000 litres annually. The Leader of Government Business in the Legislative Council, Doug Parkinson, says Hydro's plans are progressing well. "Hydro Tasmania has secured the development approval for up to four wind turbines on Flinders Island," he said. "Once wind turbine supply has been secured, the business case will be progressed for consideration by Hydro Tasmania's board."As of December 2008 I have not been able to find information about this wind farm on Hydro Tasmania's Net site.
A page by RISE, Research Institute for Sustainable Energy, also mentioned some wind power installed on Flinders Island in 1988 and a second stage in 1996.
I emailed Hydro Tasmania (webmaster@hydro.com.au) on 19th Dec. 2008
requesting more information; had not received a reply by 2009/03/19.
Huxley Hill wind farmAlso known as the King Island Wind FarmThe farm started generating in 1998 and has since been expanded. Its total generating capacity is 2.5MW of electricity and it is now owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania.In interesting feature of Huxley Hill is that it includes a 'vanadium redox flow battery' (see Wikipedia); this is capable of storing up to 800kWh of surplus energy and releasing it as required. This was insalled during stage 2.
I thank Peter Kempster, who lives on King Island, for some of the above
information.
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| Status | # Turbines | MW each | Total MW | Commissioned |
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| Operating | 3 | 0.25 | 0.75 | ? |
| Turbine | Nordex N29 |
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| Tower height | 29m |
| Rated wind speed | Approx. 50km/hr |
| Rotor diameter | 29.7m |
| Status | # Turbines | MW each | Total MW | Commissioned |
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| Operating | 2 | 0.85 | 1.7 | 2003 |
| Turbine | Vestas V52 |
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| Tower height | 60m |
| Rated wind speed | Approx. 50km/hr |
| Rotor diameter | 52m |
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The Roaring 40s company shelved its plans to build this project back in
2006, but my information from the company is that construction was under way
in early June 2009.
The wind farm will be in the NE extremity of Tasmania, about 20km NE of Gladstone and about 100km NE of Launceston. The project is expected to take two-and-a-half years for construction and employ 120 workers at its peak. ABC Northern Tasmania on-line news, 2009/09/04; "Roaring 40s spokesman Peter Berrie says ... the company is still negotiating debt arrangements, power sales and turbine deals." |
| Status | # Turbines | MW each | Total MW | Completion expected | Lat. | Long. |
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| Under construction | 43? | 3? | 129 | End 2011? | S 40.90° | E 148.15° |
| Greenhouse gas saving | Estimated at 300 000 tonnes CO2 p.a. |
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| Project cost | $350 million |
| This wind farm is owned and operated by Hyrdo Tasmania and is located near Cape Grim in the northwest corner of Tasmania. Up to the end of 2007 three stages of this wind farm had been completed giving a total of 140MW installed capacity. |
| Status | # Turbines | MW each | Total MW | Commissioned | Lat. | Long. |
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| Operating | 6 | 1.75 | 10.5 | August 2002 | Approx. S 40.72° | E 144.73° |
| Status | # Turbines | MW each | Total MW | Commissioned | Lat. | Long. |
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| Operating | 31 | 1.75 | 54 | April 2004 | S ° | E ° |
| Status | # Turbines | MW each | Total MW | Commissioned | Lat. | Long. |
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| Operating | 25 | 3 | 75 | 2007 | S ° | E ° |
| Status | # Turbines | Total MW | Commissioned |
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| Operating | 62 | 140 | 2007 |
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| Productive wind speeds | Stages 1 & 2: from 4.2 to 25m/sec (15 to 90km/hr) |
| Peak efficiency wind speed | Stages 1 & 2: from 15 to 25 m/sec (55 to 90km/hr) |
| Wind generators | Stages 1 & 2: Vestas 1.75MW Stage 3: Vestas V90 3MW |
| Tower height | Stages 1 & 2: 60m |
| Rotor diameter | Stages 1 & 2: 66m |
| Total weight of turbine and tower | Stages 1 & 2: 180 tonnes |
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In addition to the wind farms detailed above at least one other has been
proposed (table below).
If and when this proposed wind farm looks likely to be built, and as I get more information, I will write it up in more detail. If any readers have information concerning this or others I would appreciate a note, my email address is at the top of this page. Until a wind farm gets at least to the point where an application for approval has been submitted to the relevant authority it may be little more than wishfull thinking and is not worth covering in more detail than that below. |
Wind farms that have been proposed in Tasmania | |||||
| Project name | Area | Sponsoring Company | Capacity, MW | Status | |
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| Cattle Hill | Central Highlands E of Lake Echo | N.P. Power | 150-210 | Proposed | |
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