Lake Bonney Wind Farm

Lake Bonney Wind Farm
Early morning at Lake Bonney wind farm
Map
CountryAustralia
LocationMillicent, South Australia
Coordinates37°45′36″S 140°24′0″E / 37.76000°S 140.40000°E / -37.76000; 140.40000
StatusOperational
Commission dateMarch 2005 (2005-03)
Construction costA$700 million
OwnerInfigen Energy
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Power generation
Units operational112
Make and modelVestas
Nameplate capacity278.5 MW
Capacity factor34%
Storage capacity52 MW·h
External links
Websitewww.infigenenergy.com/lake-bonney/
CommonsRelated media on Commons

Lake Bonney Wind Farm is a wind farm near Millicent, South Australia, Australia. The wind farm is south of, and contiguous with, Canunda Wind Farm. Both are built along the Woakwine Range - a line of stabilised sand dunes that once were coastal.

The project was built in three stages. Stage 1 comprises 46 turbines each having a rated capacity of 1.75 MW (total 80.5 MW) and was finished in March 2005. Construction of Stage 2 began in November 2006 and was finished around April 2008. Stage 2 comprises 53 turbines of 3 MW (total 159 MW). Stage 3 comprises 13 turbines of 3 MW of total 39 MW).[1] Stage 3 construction commenced in February 2009 and was commissioned in September 2009.[2]

The owner of the Lake Bonney Wind Farm is Infigen Energy, previously known as Babcock and Brown Wind Partners. Wind turbines are serviced under a post-warranty service agreement[3] by the turbine manufacturer Vestas.

  1. ^ Wind power and wind farms in South Australia: Wind in the Bush
  2. ^ "Lake Bonney Wind Farm Stage 3". www.aurecongroup.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ "INFIGEN EXECUTES POST-WARRANTY SERVICES AGREEMENTS WITH VESTAS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2016.