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Wonthaggi Wind Farm

38°36′11″S 145°32′26″E / 38.60306°S 145.54056°E / -38.60306; 145.54056Commission dateDecember 2005Owner(s)EDL Energy- serviced by VestasWind farm Distance from shore700-900mHub height69mRotor diameter82mRated wind speed25m/s ^[1]Power generation Units operational6Make and modelREpower: MM82Nameplate capacity12 MWAnnual net output30 gigawatt hours (GWh)

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Wonthaggi wind farm is a wind power station at Wonthaggi in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It has 6 wind turbines, with a total generating capacity of 12 MW of electricity.

Technical Details

Each of the turbines is a German made Senvion (formerly REpower) MM82 turbines, with a rotor diameter of 82m, and each nacelle sitting on an Australian made^[2] 69m tall tower.^[3] The farm is operated by eDL Energy Australia, and became operational in December 2005.

Blade Snapping Incident

In March 2012 one of the rotor blades snapped,^[4] Senvion (formerly REpower), the manufacturers of the turbine, replaced the blades. The fault was due to a manufacturing defect. ^[5]

References

^ "Technical data about Repower MM82 wind turbine". Retrieved 19 January 2015.
^ "Keppel Prince - REpower: Wonthaggi Wind Farm". Retrieved 19 January 2015.
^ "EDL Factsheet" (PDF). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
^ "Worries at Victorian wind farm after rotor blade snaps". The Australian. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
^ "Senvion - Wonthaggi Blade Incident". 31 July 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.