Australia’s soon-to-be largest wind farm has almost 50 turbines feeding energy into the National Electricity Market.
“Standing 180 metres high, with blades 67 metres long, these turbines are an impressive force equipped to harness the renewable power of Queensland’s wind,” energy minister Anthony Lynham says.
Lynham says work is underway to get all 123 planned turbines up and running early 2020, bringing $850 million of investment, 200 construction jobs, and up to 20 ongoing operational jobs to the region.
The Coopers Gap wind farm has a total capacity of 453 megawatts, enough energy to power 264,000 Australian homes.
“The Palaszczuk Government is putting the right policies in place to help deliver large-scale renewable projects like Coopers Gap,” Lynham says.
Anthony Lynham
The power is delivered into the electricity grid via a new 275-kilovolt substation, built and run by Queensland’s publicly-owned transmission operator Powerlink.
Lynham joined AGL to inspect the first group of turbines.
AGL general manager development and construction Dave Johnson says AGL is looking forward to safely completing commission of Australia’s largest wind farm.
