Kiata Wind Farm is a small
wind farm
A wind farm, also called a wind park or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turbines covering an exten ...
located along the
Western Highway south east of
Nhill
Nhill is a town in the Wimmera, in western Victoria, Australia. Nhill is located on the Western Highway, halfway between Adelaide and Melbourne. At the , Nhill had a
population of 1,749. "Nhill" is believed to be a Wergaia word meaning "early ...
.
The wind farm is owned by Windlab, the John Laing Group and some local shareholders.
The turbines were built by Keppel Prince and assembled at the site by Windlab.
It was "officially opened" by
Lily D'Ambrosio
Liliana D'Ambrosio (; born 30 July 1964) is an Australian politician. She has been a Australian Labor Party (Victorian Branch), Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 2002, representing the electorate of electoral distri ...
on
Australia Day
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia. Observed annually on 26 January, it marks the 1788 landing of the First Fleet and raising of the Flag of Great Britain, Union Flag of Great Britain by Arthur Phillip at Sydney Cove, a ...
2018.
According to Kiata Wind Farm director Rob Fisher, the Kiata turbines "are the biggest turbines operating in Australia to date."
The ''ABC'' reported that some of the local landholders would become part owners "via a community investment model."
Operations
The wind farm began grid commissioning in November 2017 and was fully commissioned in December 2017 and has operated continuously since then. The generation table use
eljmkt nemlogto obtain generation values for each month. The URL must be formatted as: "http://nemlog.com.au/show/unit/YYYYMMDD/YYYYMMDD/?k1=GENCODE" Kiata's code is KIATAWF1, so that is used.
Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.
See also
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List of wind farms in Victoria
Victoria has some of the best wind resources in Australia, along the southern coast and in the higher altitude areas. Most of Victoria's wind farms are being built along the southern coast and around the Ballarat, Ararat, Victoria, Ararat, a ...
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Wind power in Australia
Wind power is a major contributor to electricity supply in Australia. As of September 2024, the National Electricity Market, grids of the eastern and southern Australia states has an installed wind capacity of around 13.3 GW, and output pea ...
References
{{Wind farms in Australia
Wind farms in Victoria (state)
2018 establishments in Australia