Crookwell Wind Farm, New South Wales

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Crookwell Wind Farm, located at Crookwell west of Goulburn, New South Wales, consists of eight 600kW wind turbines giving a total capacity of 4.8 MW. It was the first grid-connected wind farm in Australia when built by Pacific Power in 1998. It is now owned by Eraring Energy, and the wind farm currently supplies electricity to Country Energy's "GreenPower" customers.^[1]

Planning approval has been received for phase two of the Crookwell Wind Farm, which will have an installed capacity of 92 MW.

[edit] See also

• Wind power in Australia

[edit] References

1. ^ Wind Farms in NSW

[edit] External links

• Crookwell Wind Farm, New South Wales is at coordinates 34°30′59″S 149°32′33″E / -34.5165, 149.54248 (Crookwell Wind Farm, New South Wales)Coordinates: 34°30′59″S 149°32′33″E / -34.5165, 149.54248 (Crookwell Wind Farm, New South Wales)
• Eraring Energy page on Crookwell Wind Farm