Badgingarra Wind Farm is a

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in the locality of Hill River northwest of the town of Badgingarra in

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, about north of

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. It is owned by APA Group and located immediately north of the older

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which has the same owner. Construction of Badgingarra Wind Farm began in November 2017 and it was completed in early 2019. It consists of 37 Siemens wind turbine generators, each generating 3.6 MW of electricity. The turbine hubs are above the ground, and the rotor tips reach . APA Group is also constructing the Badgingarra Solar Farm adjacent to the wind farm to provide 17.5 MW of solar photovoltaic generation. Badgingarra Wind Farm was officially opened by the Western Australian Energy Minister, Bill Johnston on 2 May 2019. It is connected to the Western Power network North Country region. The output is contracted to

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until the end of 2035. The wind farm is expected to generate 500–550 GWh of energy per annum.

Operations

AEMO records begin in January 2019 for the wind farm. The generation table use
AEMO Facility SCADA
to obtain generation values for each month. Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.

References

{{Energy in Western Australia Wheatbelt (Western Australia) Wind farms in Western Australia