Collgar Wind Farm is a
wind farm
A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turb ...
located approximately 25 kilometres south-east of
Merredin,
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
[Quinn, Russell: ''WA's biggest wind farm is now online''](_blank)
, in Perth Now, 15 April 2011 It is operated by Collgar Renewables. With 111
Vestas V90-2.0MW wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each yea ...
s,
[Merredin Mercury: ''First power generated''](_blank)
11 May 2011 and a total installed capacity of 222 MW registered with AEMO,
[Collgar Fact Sheet]
retrieved 30 August 2022 it is Western Australia's largest wind farm. It became fully operational in October 2011
[Collgar Wind Farm: ''About''](_blank)
retrieved 30 August 2022 and is expected to generate 750 GWh per year on average over the 30-year life of the project.
History
Feasibility studies were carried out between 2006 and 2008, and planning approval was granted in September 2008. In March 2010, Collgar Wind Farm Pty Ltd was sold to UBS International Infrastructure Fund and
Retail Employees Superannuation Trust
Rest Super is an Australian industry superannuation fund established in 1988. It is one of Australia's largest superannuation funds by membership, with around 1.9 million members in June 2022. Rest currently manages A$66 billion in funds.
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and in June 2019,
Retail Employees Superannuation Trust
Rest Super is an Australian industry superannuation fund established in 1988. It is one of Australia's largest superannuation funds by membership, with around 1.9 million members in June 2022. Rest currently manages A$66 billion in funds.
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became the sole shareholder.
Rest takes control of Collgar Wind Farm
retrieved 30 August 2022
Construction began in June 2010, the wind farm was connected to the grid in April 2011,[''Giant WA wind farm spins up a storm''](_blank)
in the Australian Financial Review, 12 May 2011 The wind farm became fully operational in October 2011.wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. Hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, now generate over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each yea ...
s were initially de-rated to 1.856 MW, limiting output to 206 MW, they were returned to their design capacity of 2.0 MW during March and April 2020, increasing output to the current 222 MW.
Operations
AEMO records begin in June 2011 for the wind farm. The generation table use
AEMO Facility SCADA
to obtain generation values for each month. Collgar's code is INVESTEC_COLLGAR_WF1, so that is used as part of a SUMIF operation (shown below) on the table to get the total. Note that each month's values start 8 hours into the respective month and extend 8 hours into the next month.
=SUMIF(E2:E Last Row,"*INVESTEC_COLLGAR_WF1*",F2:F Last Row)
Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.
See also
* List of wind farms in Western Australia
References
External links
Official website
{{Energy in Western Australia
Wind farms in Western Australia
Wheatbelt (Western Australia)
2011 establishments in Australia
Energy infrastructure completed in 2011