GELLIONDALE
WIND FARM
A PROPOSED RENEWABLE ENERGY FACILITY
BY SYNERGY WIND PTY LTD
About the wind farm
Gelliondale Wind Farm is a proposed renewable energy facility centred around the district of Gelliondale in south-east Victoria. The site is approximately 7 kilometres south-west of Yarram, 3 kilometres west of Alberton and 8 kilometres east of Welshpool.
The proposed Gelliondale Wind Farm would accommodate a maximum of 13 wind turbines across 1500 hectares of cleared agricultural land and ancillary infrastructure including an energy storage system and a substation adjacent to an existing 66 kilovolt transmission line that passes through the site.
The wind farm is planned to have a total capacity of up to approximately 80 megawatts, generating about 300,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy a year – enough clean electricity to power about 37,000 homes and representing an annual carbon dioxide reduction of some 320,000 tonnes. The project will create about 50 jobs during construction and 10 ongoing positions.
Facts at a glance
- Number of turbines: up to 13
- Capacity of turbines: 4.xMW to 6.xMW
- Total wind farm generation capacity: approx. 80MW
- Wind turbine height (to tip of blade at highest point): up to 210m
- Wind turbine rotor diameter: up to 164m
- Wind turbine hub height: up to 129m
- Ground clearance (height from ground to tip of blade at lowest point) minimum: 40m
- Number of homes annual electricity needs met: about 37,000
- Annual carbon dioxide reduction: about 320,000 tonnes
- Construction jobs: about 50 (FTE)
- Ongoing operational/maintenance jobs: about 10 (FTE)