Kiata Wind Farm is a small
wind farm located along the
Western Highway south east of
Nhill
Nhill is a town in the Wimmera, in western Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia. Nhill is located on the Western Highway, Victoria, Western Highway, halfway between Adelaide and Melbourne. At the , Nhill had a
population of 1,749. "Nhill" i ...
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The wind farm is owned by Windlab, the John Laing Group and some local shareholders.
The turbines were built by Keppel Prince and assembled at the site by Windlab.
It was "officially opened" by
Lily D'Ambrosio on
Australia Day 2018.
According to Kiata Wind Farm director Rob Fisher, the Kiata turbines "are the biggest turbines operating in Australia to date."
The ''ABC'' reported that some of the local landholders would become part owners "via a community investment model."
Operations
The wind farm began grid commissioning in November 2017 and was fully commissioned in December 2017 and has operated continuously since then. The generation table use
eljmkt nemlogto obtain generation values for each month. The URL must be formatted as: "http://nemlog.com.au/show/unit/YYYYMMDD/YYYYMMDD/?k1=GENCODE" Kiata's code is KIATAWF1, so that is used.
Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.
See also
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List of wind farms in Victoria
Victoria has some of the best wind resources in Australia, along the southern coast and in the higher altitude areas. Most of Victoria's wind farms are being built along the southern coast and around the Ballarat, Ararat, and Hamilton area ...
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Wind power in Australia
Wind power is one of the main renewable energy sources in Australia contributing 10% of Australia's total electricity supply in 2020, and making up 37.5% of it's renewable energy supply. Wind resource testing conditions in Australia are opti ...
References
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Wind farms in Victoria (state)
2018 establishments in Australia