| Lake Bonney Wind Farm | |
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 Early morning at Lake Bonney wind farm | |
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| Country | Australia |
| Location | Millicent, South Australia |
| Coordinates | 37°45′36″S 140°24′0″E / 37.76000°S 140.40000°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | March 2005 |
| Construction cost | A$700 million |
| Owner | Infigen Energy |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | Onshore |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 112 |
| Make and model | Vestas |
| Nameplate capacity | 278.5 MW |
| Capacity factor | 34% |
| Storage capacity | 52 MW·h |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Commons | Related 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.
- ^ Wind power and wind farms in South Australia: Wind in the Bush
- ^ "Lake Bonney Wind Farm Stage 3". www.aurecongroup.com. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ "INFIGEN EXECUTES POST-WARRANTY SERVICES AGREEMENTS WITH VESTAS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2016.