Country Australia Status operational Hub height 66m Rated wind speed 25m/s Rotor diameter 82m | Location Victoria Commission date December 2005 Make and model REpower: MM82 Owner Origin Energy Units operational 6 | |
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Similar Canunda Wind Farm, Toora Wind Farm, Clements Gap Wind Farm, Bald Hills Wind Farm, Hallett Wind Farm | ||
Wonthaggi wind farm
Wonthaggi wind farm is a wind power station at Wonthaggi in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It has six wind turbines, with a total generating capacity of 12 MW of electricity.
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Technical Details
Each of the turbines is a German made REpower MM82 turbines, each sitting on an Australian made 66m tall tower. The farm is operated by Origin Energy Australia, and became operational in December 2005.
Blade Snapping Incident
In March 2012 one of the rotor blades snapped, Senvion (formerly REpower), the manufacturers of the turbine, replaced the blades and blamed the issue on a manufacturing fault.
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