The Waubra wind farm is located on both sides of the Sunraysia Highway 35 km north-west of Ballarat in

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. Upon its completion in July 2009, it was the largest wind farm in Australia and was the largest wind farm by number of turbines and total capacity in the southern hemisphere. Consisting of 128 wind turbines, with associated substations and an operations centre, each

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has a capacity of 1.5

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(MW). The total installed capacity is 192 MW. The turbines have a tip height of 119 metres, rotor diameter of 77 metres and a hub height of 80 metres. Annually the farm is projected to generate 630 GWh of energy over the life of the project, for an annual capacity factor of 37.5%. The green energy generated by the wind farm each year provides electricity for 138,000 households enough to power a city 3-4 times the size of Ballarat.

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formed a Community Reference Group (CRG) for the construction phase of the Waubra wind farm, to provide a regular forum for community input to the project and to facilitate communication between members of the Waubra community and the wind farm project team. In 2010 the anti-wind farm lobby group the

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adopted the name of the nearby town. The construction of the Waubra wind farm received financial assistance as part of the Victorian State government's Victorian Renewable Energy Target (VRET). In July 2011 the

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4 Corners program explored health concerns connected with Australian wind farms in it
Against the Wind
report. The Waubra wind farm and the community living around it was featured in the report. A viewing platform designed by Melbourne-based firm JOH Architects is accessible to tourists and located just off the Sunraysia Highway.

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to obtain generation values for each month. Note: Records date back to 2011.

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