Musselroe Wind Farm

Musselroe Wind Farm is a wind farm at Cape Portland, Tasmania, Australia.^[1] It is third wind farm in the state, being owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania. It consists of 56 Vestas V90-3MW wind turbines, with a generating capacity of 168 MW. The energy output from the Musselroe Wind Farm will be sufficient to supply electricity to around 50,000 households and abate 450,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions annually.^[2]

The first 37 turbines have been connected to the grid in 2013,^[3] and the full farm was completed in January 2014.^[4]

See also

• List of wind farms in Tasmania
• List of wind farms in Australia

References

External links

• Hydro Tasmania - Musselroe Wind Farm

Coordinates: 40°46′50″S 148°01′46″E / 40.78056°S 148.02944°E / -40.78056; 148.02944

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