Lake Bonney Wind Farm is a wind farm near Millicent, South Australia, Australia. The wind farm is south of, and contiguous with, Canunda Wind Farm. Both are built along the Woakwine Range - a line of stabilised sand dunes that once were coastal.
| Lake Bonney Wind Farm | |
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 Early morning at Lake Bonney wind farm | |
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| Country | Australia |
| Location | Millicent, South Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°45′36″S 140°24′0″E / 37.76000°S 140.40000°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | March 2005 |
| Construction cost | A$700 million |
| Owner | Infigen Energy |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Onshore |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 112 |
| Make and model | Vestas |
| Nameplate capacity | 278.5 MW |
| Capacity factor | 34% |
| Storage capacity | 52 MW·h |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
The project was built in three stages. Stage 1 comprises 46 turbines each having a rated capacity of 1.75 MW (total 80.5 MW) and was finished in March 2005. Construction of Stage 2 began in November 2006 and was finished around April 2008. Stage 2 comprises 53 turbines of 3 MW (total 159 MW). Stage 3 comprises 13 turbines of 3 MW of total 39 MW).[1] Stage 3 construction commenced in February 2009 and was commissioned in September 2009.[2]
The owner of the Lake Bonney Wind Farm is Infigen Energy, previously known as Babcock and Brown Wind Partners. Wind turbines are serviced under a post-warranty service agreement[3] by the turbine manufacturer Vestas.
Battery storage
editIt was announced in August 2018 that a battery storage power station would be added to the wind farm to provide firmer commitments to provide electricity, system security and ancillary services to the electricity grid. The project would cost A$38 million to install, including $5 million from the government of South Australia and $5 million from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). The battery is rated at 25 MW and 52 MW·h, and is connected to the Mayurra substation.[4] Like the similar Hornsdale Power Reserve, the battery will operate independently of the wind farm in the electricity market, and connect to the grid at the same point as the wind farm.[5] Construction of the battery was completed in May 2019,[6] and testing began in November 2019.[7] In 2020, its Frequency Control Ancillary Service (FCAS) earned $230,000 per MWh installed.[8]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Wind power and wind farms in South Australia: Wind in the Bush
- ^ "Lake Bonney Wind Farm Stage 3". www.aurecongroup.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "INFIGEN EXECUTES POST-WARRANTY SERVICES AGREEMENTS WITH VESTAS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ Washington, David (15 August 2018). "Another big battery to be built in SA". InDaily. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
- ^ Moret, Glen (15 November 2018). "South Australia's $38 million Tesla battery site on track to charge in 2019, giving Infigen more opportunities". ABC South East SA. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Lake Bonney Battery Energy Storage System". Infigen Energy. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Parkinson, Giles (5 November 2019). "Lake Bonney battery charges up for first time in South Australia". RenewEconomy.
- ^ Parkinson, Giles (23 February 2021). "Dalrymple big battery delivers biggest bang for megawatt hour of storage". RenewEconomy.