Lake Bonney Wind Farm, in

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

, was built in three stages. Stage 1 comprises 46 turbines each having a rated capacity of 1.75 MW (total 80.5 MW) and was finished in March 2005. Construction of Stage 2 began in November 2006 and was finished around April 2008. Stage 2 comprises 53 turbines of 3 MW (total 159 MW). Stage 3 comprises 13 turbines of 3 MW of total 39 MW). Stage 3 construction commenced in February 2009 and was commissioned in September 2009. The wind farm is south of, and contiguous with,

Canunda Wind Farm Canunda Wind Farm (formerly named Lake Bonney Central Wind Farm) is a $92.5 million, 46 MW wind power project located on grazing land approximately 16 kilometres south of Millicent, and 6 kilometres west of Tantanoola in South Australia. It is j ...

. Both are built along the

Woakwine Range The Woakwine Range is a low range of hills parallel to the coast in the southeast of South Australia. It extends from the coast at Cape Jaffa southeast to the Kongorong area. The Woakwine range consists of calcrete beach and dune deposits from t ...

- a line of stabilised sand dunes that once were coastal. The nearest large town is Millicent. The owner of the Lake Bonney Wind Farm is

Infigen Energy Infigen Energy (Infigen), operating under this name since 29 April 2009, is a developer, owner and operator of renewable energy generation assets in Australia. Infigen's wind farm portfolio has an installed capacity of 557 MW. Most of Infigen's a ...

, previously known as Babcock and Brown Wind Partners. Wind turbines are serviced under a post-warranty service agreement by the Original Equipment Manufacturer

Vestas Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines that was founded in 1945. The company operates manufacturing plants in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan, India, Italy, Romania, the Uni ...

Battery storage

It was announced in August 2018 that a 25 MW / 52 MW·h battery would be added to the wind farm to provide firmer commitments to provide electricity, system security and ancillary services to the electricity grid. The battery will cost to install, including $5 million from the

government of South Australia The Government of South Australia, also referred to as the South Australian Government, SA Government or more formally, His Majesty’s Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of South Australia. It is modelled o ...

and $5 million from the

Australian Renewable Energy Agency The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is an independent agency of the Australian federal government, established in 2012 to manage Australia's renewable energy programs, with the objective of increasing supply and competitiveness of A ...

(ARENA). It is connected to the Mayurra substation. Like the similar

Hornsdale Power Reserve Hornsdale Power Reserve is a 150 MW (194 MWh) grid-connected energy storage system owned by Neoen co-located with the Hornsdale Wind Farm in the Mid North region of South Australia, also owned by Neoen. The original installation in 2017 was the ...

, the battery will operate independently of the wind farm in the electricity market, and connect to the grid at the same point as the wind farm. Construction of the battery was completed in May 2019, and testing began in November 2019. In 2020, its Frequency Control Ancillary Service (FCAS) earned $230,000 per MWh installed.

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Battery storage

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