Hornsdale Wind Farm
| Hornsdale Wind Farm | |
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| Country | Australia |
| Location | South Australia |
| Coordinates | 33°03′29″S 138°32′38″E / 33.058°S 138.544°ECoordinates: 33°03′29″S 138°32′38″E / 33.058°S 138.544°E |
| Status | Under construction |
| Construction cost | A$800M |
| Owner(s) | Neoen Australia |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Onshore |
| Hub height | 92.5 metres (303 ft) |
| Rotor diameter | 110 metres (360 ft) |
| Power generation | |
| Units planned | 99 |
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The Hornsdale Wind Farm is an electricity generator in the locality of Hornsdale, north of Jamestown in the Australian state of South Australia. When completed, it will consist of 99 wind turbines with a generation capacity of 315 megawatts (422,000 hp). The plant is owned and operated by Neoen, a French renewable energy company.
The electricity generated by Horndale Wind Farm is contracted to be supplied to the Australian Capital Territory.
The "Balance of Plant" civil engineering and site works for the wind farm was performed by Catcon for all three stages of construction.
The Wind Turbine Generators were imported from Denmark, and the towers from Vietnam. They were commissioned by Siemens Australia.
Before the whole wind farm was commissioned, Hornsdale was generating 86 MW immediately prior to the 2016 South Australian blackout in September 2016.
Two of the towers feature paintings by people from the indigenous peoples of the region. Jessica Turner is a Nukunu woman whose artwork represents the story of the serpent's role in forming aspects of the landscape, particularly waterholes. Chris Angrave and Louise Brown are Ngadjuri people who depicted how the Mungiura were found in hilly country, peering over the top of windbreaks before a storm, and blowing hard which caused a whirly wind.
Elon Musk will be building the world's largest lithium ion battery adjacent to the wind farm, providing a total of 129 megawatt-hours (460 GJ) of storage capable of discharge at 100 megawatts (130,000 hp) into the power grid, to provide stability to the grid while other generators can be started in the event of sudden drops in wind or other network issues. It is intended to be built in 100 days in 2017.
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