White Rock Wind Farm

White Rock Wind Farm
Country	Australia
Location	Glen Innes, New South Wales
Coordinates	29°47′S 151°32′E / 29.79°S 151.54°E / -29.79; 151.54
Status	Operational
Construction began	May 2016
Commission date	August 2017
Construction cost	A$450m (Stage 1 & 2) (2011 dollars)
Owner(s)	Goldwind Australia
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Hub height	89.5 metres (294 ft)
Rotor diameter	121 metres (397 ft)
Power generation
Units operational	70 × 2.5 MW
Make and model	Goldwind 121
Nameplate capacity	175 MW
Capacity factor	33.27% (average 2018-2021)
Annual net output	510.0 GWh (average 2018-2021)
External links
Website	https://whiterockwindfarm.com/
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White Rock Wind Farm is a wind farm in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is in the New England region of northern New South Wales, 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Inverell and 20 kilometres (12 mi) west of Glen Innes. It is south of the Gwydir Highway. The Sapphire Wind Farm is north of the highway and Glen Innes Wind Farm is south of the highway closer to Glen Innes.^[1] It is approved for up to 119 wind turbines, and stage 1 has been completed with 70 turbines.^[2] In 2011 it had an estimated construction cost of A$450m.^[3]

Operations

The wind farm began increasing output grid power in July 2017, was fully commissioned in February 2018 and has operated since then. The generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month.

Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.

References

This page was last edited on 11 January 2022, at 20:41