Toora Wind Farm is a
wind power station at
Toora in
South Gippsland,
Victoria, Australia. It is located north of
Wilsons Promontory and 150 km south-east of
Melbourne. The wind farm is on a ridge overlooking the town of Toora.
Toora has 12
wind turbines, each of 1.75 MW rated capacity, with a total
generating capacity of 21
MW of
electricity.
Vestas Wind Systems completed the power station in 2002.
In November 2007,
Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund acquired the wind farm from the
Government of Queensland. Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund became
RATCH-Australia on 11 July 2011.
Viewing and photography points are available on a road that passes the wind farm. From some of these views of the coastal plain, the
Strzelecki Ranges, and Wilsons Promontory can be combined with views of the turbines. Accommodation is available in a caravan park at Toora.
One of Toora's turbines can power up to 6,600 homes.
References
Wind Farms in Victoria
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Energy infrastructure completed in 2002
Wind farms in Victoria (Australia)
2002 establishments in Australia