Lal Lal Wind Farm is an operating wind farm under southeast of

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. The wind farm has two sections about apart. There are 38 turbines two kilometres east of Yendon and a further 22 turbines two kilometres north of Elaine. The project was developed by

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. The proposal was bought by

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in 2017, and financing was completed by onselling 40% to each of Northleaf Capital Partners and InfraRed Capital with Macquarie retaining the other 20%.

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is contracted to manage the build and first five years of operation. Construction is done by Zenviron and

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. During the construction phase, one of the operating wind turbines was damaged on 15 September 2019 by a lightning strike during a storm. A direct hit resulted in one blade of a turbine being destroyed and falling to the ground. no other damage was reported. During 2023 the project ownership changed to Igneo Infrastructure Partners (60%) and Northleaf Capital Partners (40%).Igneo Infrastructure Partners agrees to acquire majority stake in Lal Lal Wind Farms
Igneo Infrastructure Partners 8 September 2022

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