Musselroe Wind Farm is a wind farm at Cape Portland, Tasmania, Australia.[1] It was the third wind farm built in the state, following the Bluff Point and Studland Bay Wind Farms (making up the larger Woolnorth Wind Farm).
| Musselroe Wind Farm | |
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| Country | Australia |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 40°46′50″S 148°01′46″E / 40.780556°S 148.029444°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 2013 |
| Construction cost | A$394m |
| Operator | Hydro Tasmania |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Onshore |
| Hub height | 80 metres (262 ft) |
| Rotor diameter | 90 metres (295 ft) |
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| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 56 × 3 MW |
| Make and model | Vestas V90 |
| Units planned | 56 × 3 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 168 MW |
| Capacity factor | 38.39% (average 2014-2021) |
| Annual net output | 564.9 GWh (average 2014-2021) |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
While it is operated by Hydro Tasmania, which has a 25% stake in the farm, China-based Shenhua Clean Energy (SCE) owns a 75% stake in the farm. Guohua Energy Investment owns a 75% share in SCE, while its sister company, Shenhua Hong Kong, owning the remaining 25% share in SCE.[2]
The farm consists of 56 Vestas V90-3MW wind turbines, with a generating capacity of 168 MW. The energy output from the Musselroe Wind Farm will be sufficient to supply electricity to around 50,000 households and abate 450,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually.[3]
The first 37 turbines were connected to the grid in 2013,[4] and the full farm was completed in January 2014.[5]
Operations
editThe generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month. Grid connection started in March 2013, and was fully commissioned during September 2013.
| Year | Total | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 295,995 | N/A | N/A | 32* | 241* | 945* | 7,468* | 30,983* | 48,784* | 51,220* | 68,997 | 35,500 | 51,825 |
| 2014 | 484,474 | 34,713 | 27,852 | 31,917 | 34,204 | 44,233 | 39,258 | 40,538 | 34,299 | 46,341 | 53,862 | 47,685 | 49,572 |
| 2015 | 510,368 | 45,190 | 29,885 | 53,417 | 24,113 | 48,269 | 45,136 | 52,411 | 43,939 | 25,602 | 36,782 | 56,514 | 49,110 |
| 2016 | 612,762 | 42,717 | 35,000 | 32,513 | 38,435 | 54,397 | 66,585 | 74,100 | 52,272 | 40,050 | 65,207 | 61,271 | 50,215 |
| 2017 | 552,314 | 58,317 | 45,091 | 35,292 | 23,034 | 37,767 | 42,745 | 47,559 | 47,323 | 69,999 | 51,901 | 32,724 | 60,562 |
| 2018 | 581,505 | 41,025 | 36,252 | 43,946 | 52,602 | 60,142 | 41,883 | 67,299 | 61,374 | 59,152 | 32,440 | 40,365 | 45,025 |
| 2019 | 654,555 | 50,717 | 53,246 | 41,241 | 49,790 | 55,566 | 40,342 | 74,391 | 59,072 | 55,465 | 50,408 | 70,404 | 53,913 |
| 2020 | 555,972 | 52,825 | 58,586 | 30,647 | 56,364 | 47,486 | 37,668 | 36,360 | 46,909 | 50,266 | 45,181 | 39,047 | 54,633 |
| 2021 | 567,380 | 49,594 | 34,507 | 50,766 | 57,488 | 47,518 | 30,729 | 50,829 | 62,706 | 59,434 | 52,991 | 31,725 | 39,093 |
Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.
Note: From 2018, the wind farm participated in the FCAS market; this generally reduces the amount of power provided to the grid in order to allow a ramp up when required.[6] The wind farm now has an apparent limit of ≈153 MW, rarely returning to its previous maximum output of around ≈166 MW when the grid demands it.[7]
See also
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References
edit- ^ Alan Copeland. Electricity Generation Major Development Projects -- October 2009 Listing Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, ABARE, November 2009, p. 9.
- ^ "Hydro Tasmania, Shenhua Clean Energy to build Musselroe Wind Farm in Australia". www.power-technology.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ Alison Andrews: "Musselroe wind farm to light up Tasmania from February " Archived 12 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine in The Examiner, 10 December 2012
- ^ Tim Walker and Leon Compton: "Musselroe Windfarm online" Archived 25 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine on ABC, 23 April 2013
- ^ Mounster, Bruce: "Energy future lies in the wind as Tasmania is urged to embrace a 'world-class resource'" Archived 5 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine in The Mercury, 19 January 2014
- ^ "Musselroe Wind Farm FCAS Trial - Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)". Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Musselroe Wind Farm Provision of FCAS" (PDF). September 2021. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 8 October 2021.