Ararat Wind Farm is a

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in western

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, Australia. It is located approximately 180km northwest of

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. It was officially opened on 27 June 2017 and was the third-largest wind farm in Australia at that time, with capacity to generate 240MW from 75 turbines. The farm has

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turbines that have a rated capacity of 3.2 MW, a hub height of 85 metres, 103 metre rotor diameter, and a tip height of 135 metres. Of the 75 turbines, 70 are in the

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and five are in the

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Operations

The wind farm began grid output in August 2016 and reached full output in June 2017 and has operated continuously since then. The generation table use
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to obtain generation values for each month. Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.

References

{{Energy in Victoria Wind farms in Victoria (Australia)