List of wind farms in Victoria - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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

Ararat, Victoria

Ararat is a city in south-west Victoria, Australia, about west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley between Victoria's Western District and the Wimmera...

, and Hamilton

Hamilton, Victoria

Hamilton is a city in western Victoria, Australia. It is located at the intersection of the Glenelg Highway and the Henty Highway...

areas.

The total capacity for the state as of 2011 was around 428 MW, more than double the output of the Anglesea Coal Fired Power Station

Anglesea Power Station, Victoria (Australia)

Anglesea Power Station is located at Anglesea, in Victoria, Australia within the floristically rich Anglesea Heath area. It is brown coal powered with one steam turbine with a capacity of 150MW of electricity, supplying almost 40% of the electricity used by the nearby Point Henry aluminium...

. Several wind farms are under construction, with a total additional capacity of 487 MW scheduled to be online by 2013, while several more have been proposed and approved. The total potential capacity of wind turbines in Victoria including those currently operational, those under construction, and approved proposals is around 3,600 MW. By comparison, Victoria's total peak electricity usage is around 8,000–10,000 MW.

Wind farms in Victoria

This is a list of wind farms in Victoria, Australia with a generating capacity of more than 4 MW:

Project Name	Sponsoring Company	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Status	Notes
Codrington Wind Farm Codrington Wind Farm, Victoria Codrington Wind Farm is a wind farm on the coast of south-western Victoria, Australia near Yambuk.Completed in June 2001, the 18.2 MW installation of 14 wind turbines generates 51 GWh annually, for a capital cost of 30 million Australian dollars by...	Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro is an Australian company that specialises in electricity generation using renewable energy. Its focus is on hydroelectricity and windpower. It was a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange until July 2005. It was subject to a successful takeover offer by a subsidiary of...	38.273565°S 141.976055°E	18.2	Operating
Toora Wind Farm Toora Wind Farm, Victoria (Australia) Toora wind farm is a wind power station at Toora in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is located is north of Wilsons Promontory and 150km SE of Melbourne. The wind farm is on a ridge overlooking the small town of Toora....	Transfield Infrastructure Fund	38.656730°S 146.340926°E	21	Operating
Challicum Hills Wind Farm Challicum Hills Wind Farm, Victoria (Australia) Challicum Hills Wind Farm is a wind farm encompassed by 35 NEG NM 64 wind turbines, with a total generating capacity of 52.5 MW of electricity. The wind farm is near Ararat in western Victoria, Australia. The power station was commissioned in August 2003 and is in a long term PPA with Origin...	Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro is an Australian company that specialises in electricity generation using renewable energy. Its focus is on hydroelectricity and windpower. It was a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange until July 2005. It was subject to a successful takeover offer by a subsidiary of...	37.382939°S 143.088676°E	52.5	Operating
Waubra Wind Farm	Acciona Energy Acciona Energy Acciona Energy, a subsidiary of Acciona based in Madrid, is a Spanish company developing renewable energy projects, including small hydro, biomass, solar energy and thermal energy, and the marketing of biofuels. It also has assets in the field of co-generation and wind turbine manufacture... / ANZ Infrastructure Services	37.365533°S 143.624289°E	192	Operating
Wonthaggi Wind Farm Wonthaggi Wind Farm, Victoria (Australia) Wonthaggi wind farm is a wind power station at Wonthaggi in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It has six wind turbines, with a total generating capacity of 12 MW of electricity.- External links :*Wind Power page on...	Wind Power Pty Ltd	38.603°S 145.545°E	12	Operating
Cape Bridgewater (part of the Portland Wind Project Portland Wind Project The Portland wind farm is one of Australia's largest wind farms. Located on the coast of south-western Victoria near the city of Portland, it consists of four separate sites, of which three have been completed... )	Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro is an Australian company that specialises in electricity generation using renewable energy. Its focus is on hydroelectricity and windpower. It was a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange until July 2005. It was subject to a successful takeover offer by a subsidiary of...	38.375°S 141.395°E	51	Operating
Cape Nelson South (part of the Portland Wind Project Portland Wind Project The Portland wind farm is one of Australia's largest wind farms. Located on the coast of south-western Victoria near the city of Portland, it consists of four separate sites, of which three have been completed... )	Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro is an Australian company that specialises in electricity generation using renewable energy. Its focus is on hydroelectricity and windpower. It was a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange until July 2005. It was subject to a successful takeover offer by a subsidiary of...	38.425°S 141.535°E	44	Operating
Yambuk (part of the Portland Wind Project Portland Wind Project The Portland wind farm is one of Australia's largest wind farms. Located on the coast of south-western Victoria near the city of Portland, it consists of four separate sites, of which three have been completed... )	Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro is an Australian company that specialises in electricity generation using renewable energy. Its focus is on hydroelectricity and windpower. It was a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange until July 2005. It was subject to a successful takeover offer by a subsidiary of...	38.300°S 142.003°E	30	Operating
Hepburn Community Wind Farm Hepburn Wind Project The Hepburn Wind Project is a wind farm built and owned by Hepburn Wind, a community co-operative, and supported by the Victorian Government. The location of the project is Leonards Hill, 10 km south of Daylesford, Victoria, north-west of Melbourne, Victoria...	Hepburn Wind	37.425°S 144.120°E	4.1	Operating
Portland Wind Project Portland Wind Project The Portland wind farm is one of Australia's largest wind farms. Located on the coast of south-western Victoria near the city of Portland, it consists of four separate sites, of which three have been completed...	Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro is an Australian company that specialises in electricity generation using renewable energy. Its focus is on hydroelectricity and windpower. It was a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange until July 2005. It was subject to a successful takeover offer by a subsidiary of...		195	Under construction
Bald Hills Wind Farm Bald Hills Wind Farm The Bald Hills Wind Farm is a proposed wind farm located approximately 10 km south east of Tarwin Lower in South Gippsland. The Bald Hills Wind Farm site covers approximately 1750ha of largely cleared cattle and sheep grazing farmland...	Wind Power Pty Ltd	38.768°S 145.911°E	109	Planning approved
Chepstowe Wind Farm	Future Wind	37.589°S 143.510°E	6	Planning approved
Dollar	AGL Energy AGL Energy AGL Energy is the largest Australian gas and electricity retailer, with over six million customers. It has large investments in the supply of gas and electricity, and has recently invested in sustainable energy businesses such as wind farms and a hydroelectric power station in Victoria’s High...	38.580°S 146.200°E	80	Project suspended
Rosedale	Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro is an Australian company that specialises in electricity generation using renewable energy. Its focus is on hydroelectricity and windpower. It was a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange until July 2005. It was subject to a successful takeover offer by a subsidiary of...	38.150°S 146.810°E	50	Feasibility
Yaloak Wind Farm	Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro is an Australian company that specialises in electricity generation using renewable energy. Its focus is on hydroelectricity and windpower. It was a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange until July 2005. It was subject to a successful takeover offer by a subsidiary of...	37.660°S 143.635°E	115	Under construction
Macarthur Wind Farm Macarthur Wind Farm The Macarthur Wind Farm is a wind farm under construction in Victoria, Australia, being built by a joint venture formed by AGL Energy and Meridian Energy. The project is located in Macarthur, Victoria on a 5,500 ha site and it has been permitted to generate up to 420 MW. The wind farm will...	AGL Energy AGL Energy AGL Energy is the largest Australian gas and electricity retailer, with over six million customers. It has large investments in the supply of gas and electricity, and has recently invested in sustainable energy businesses such as wind farms and a hydroelectric power station in Victoria’s High... /Meridian Energy Meridian Energy Meridian Energy Limited is a New Zealand state-owned electricity generator and retailer. The company generates the largest proportion of New Zealand's electricity, generating 32 percent of the country's electricity in the year ending 31 December 2009, and is the fourth-equal largest retailer, with...	38.040°S 142.025°E	420	Under construction
Mount Mercer Wind Farm Mount Mercer Wind Farm The proposed Mount Mercer Wind Farm will be located at Mount Mercer approximately 30 kilometres south of Ballarat in Western Victoria on 2600ha. The wind farm will consist of 64 Enercon E82 wind turbines, giving a total installed capacity of 131 MW...	AGL Energy AGL Energy AGL Energy is the largest Australian gas and electricity retailer, with over six million customers. It has large investments in the supply of gas and electricity, and has recently invested in sustainable energy businesses such as wind farms and a hydroelectric power station in Victoria’s High... /Meridian Energy Meridian Energy Meridian Energy Limited is a New Zealand state-owned electricity generator and retailer. The company generates the largest proportion of New Zealand's electricity, generating 32 percent of the country's electricity in the year ending 31 December 2009, and is the fourth-equal largest retailer, with...	37.841°S 143.871°E	131	Planning approved
Lal Lal Wind Farm	WestWind Energy	38.686°S 144.035°E	160	Planning approved
Moorabool Wind Project	WestWind Energy	37.703°S 144.176°E	321	Planning approved
Lake Gillear/ Logans Beach	Skygen / CLP	38.410°S 141.575°E	40	Project abandoned
Crowlands/ Glenlofty	Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro is an Australian company that specialises in electricity generation using renewable energy. Its focus is on hydroelectricity and windpower. It was a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange until July 2005. It was subject to a successful takeover offer by a subsidiary of...	37.150°S 143.090°E	140	Feasibility
Salt Creek Wind Farm (Woorndoo)	Sustainable Energy Australia & NewEN Australia	37.945°S 142.630°E	<30	Planning approved
Mortons Lane Wind Farm (Woodhouse)	Tian Run Australia	37.835°S 142.450°E	<30	Planning approved
Baynton	Stanwell Corporation Stanwell Corporation Stanwell Corporation is an electricity generation company in Australia. It is fully owned by the Queensland Government, and has a portfolio of generating sites using thermal coal, wind, and hydroelectric power in Queensland.... and WindLab Systems	37.145°S 144.675°E	50	Feasibility
Naroghid	Wind Farm Developments	38.245°S 143.070°E	30	Planning approved
Korumburra	Wind Power Pty Ltd	38.425°S 145.830°E	12	Feasibility
Mount Gellibrand	ProVentum	38.230°S 143.765°E	232	Planning approved	$380m, 116 turbines http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/green-light-for-states-biggest-wind-farm/2006/08/20/1156012411545.html
Welshpool	AGL Energy AGL Energy AGL Energy is the largest Australian gas and electricity retailer, with over six million customers. It has large investments in the supply of gas and electricity, and has recently invested in sustainable energy businesses such as wind farms and a hydroelectric power station in Victoria’s High...	38.655°S 146.425°E	18	Feasibility
Portland	Wind Power Pty Ltd		17.5	Feasibility
Yarram Wind Farm	Synergy Wind	38.565°S 146.690°E	14	Planning approved
Sidonia Hills	Hydro Tasmania Hydro Tasmania Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as The HEC, is the government owned enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator in the state of Tasmania, Australia...	37.215°S 144.510°E	120	Feasibility
Mortlake	Acciona Energy Acciona Energy Acciona Energy, a subsidiary of Acciona based in Madrid, is a Spanish company developing renewable energy projects, including small hydro, biomass, solar energy and thermal energy, and the marketing of biofuels. It also has assets in the field of co-generation and wind turbine manufacture...		288	Seeking approval
Newfield	Acciona Energy Acciona Energy Acciona Energy, a subsidiary of Acciona based in Madrid, is a Spanish company developing renewable energy projects, including small hydro, biomass, solar energy and thermal energy, and the marketing of biofuels. It also has assets in the field of co-generation and wind turbine manufacture...	38.558°S 143.015°E	22.5	Planning approved
Berrimal	Acciona Energy Acciona Energy Acciona Energy, a subsidiary of Acciona based in Madrid, is a Spanish company developing renewable energy projects, including small hydro, biomass, solar energy and thermal energy, and the marketing of biofuels. It also has assets in the field of co-generation and wind turbine manufacture...	36.510°S 143.455°E	18	Planning approved
Ballan	Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro is an Australian company that specialises in electricity generation using renewable energy. Its focus is on hydroelectricity and windpower. It was a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange until July 2005. It was subject to a successful takeover offer by a subsidiary of...	37.585°S 144.245°E	90	Proposed
Cape Bridgewater and Cape Nelson	Energy Equity Corp	38.425°S 141.535°E	18	Under construction
Cape Nelson	Primergy Ltd & Wind Propect Pty Ltd	38.425°S 141.535°E	15	Under construction
Cape Sir William Grant (part of the Portland Wind Project Portland Wind Project The Portland wind farm is one of Australia's largest wind farms. Located on the coast of south-western Victoria near the city of Portland, it consists of four separate sites, of which three have been completed... )	Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro Pacific Hydro is an Australian company that specialises in electricity generation using renewable energy. Its focus is on hydroelectricity and windpower. It was a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange until July 2005. It was subject to a successful takeover offer by a subsidiary of...	38.400°S 141.620°E	12	Proposed
Dean	Wind Power Pty Ltd	37.465°S 143.995°E	20	Proposed
Nirranda	Stanwell Corporation Stanwell Corporation Stanwell Corporation is an electricity generation company in Australia. It is fully owned by the Queensland Government, and has a portfolio of generating sites using thermal coal, wind, and hydroelectric power in Queensland....	38.500°S 141.755°E	50	Project abandoned
Nirranda South	Wind Farm Developments / Meridian Energy Meridian Energy Meridian Energy Limited is a New Zealand state-owned electricity generator and retailer. The company generates the largest proportion of New Zealand's electricity, generating 32 percent of the country's electricity in the year ending 31 December 2009, and is the fourth-equal largest retailer, with...	38.530°S 142.790°E	50	Project abandoned
Pyrenees	Wind Power Pty Ltd	37.050°S 143.780°E	200	Proposed
The Sisters Wind Farm	Wind Farm Developments		30	Proposed
Oaklands Hill	AGL Energy Limited	37.68°S 142.55°E	67.2	Under construction
Hawkesdale	Unión Fenosa Wind Australia	38.11°S 142.36°E	62	Planning approved
Ryan Corner	Unión Fenosa Wind Australia	38.31°S 142.15°E	136	Planning approved
Tarrone	Unión Fenosa Wind Australia	37.68°S 142.55°E	30	Feasibility
Berrybank	Unión Fenosa Wind Australia	37.94°S 143.52°E	200	Planning approved
Darlington	Unión Fenosa Wind Australia	38.00°S 142.94°E	300	Planning Studies

Summary of Victoria-wide total production in MW

Status	Capacity (MW)
Operating	428
Under construction	476.2
Planning approved	1689.6
Seeking approval	328.5
Proposed	704
Feasibility	407.5
All Stages	≈4000

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