Renewables in action.
Windy Hill Wind Farm is a wind power station near Ravenshoe on the Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia. It has 20 wind turbines with a generating capacity of 12 MW of electricity, providing enough power for about 3,500 homes, those in Atherton and Mareeba. The cost of the project was A$20 million. It was the second wind farm to be constructed in Queensland after the 0.45Mw station on Thursday Island.,It was built in 1999 and commissioned in 2000.
It reduces emissions of CO2 by 25000 tonnes per year and an estimated 0.625 million tonnes over its design life of 25 years.
The tubular towers are 44 metres high, the turbines at 46 metres and the blades, pitch perfect are also 46 metres in diameter.
The wind turbines are located on private land which continues to be used as a dairy farm. They can rotate at speeds between 14 rpm to 38 rpm. Power from the turbines is carried by underground cable to the electricity grid.
Glendinning Road, Ravenshoe, Queensland.
Renewables in action.
Windy Hill Wind Farm is a wind power station near Ravenshoe on the Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia. It has 20 wind turbines with a generating capacity of 12 MW of electricity, providing enough power for about 3,500 homes, those in Atherton and Mareeba. The cost of the project was A$20 million. It was the second wind farm to be constructed in Queensland after the 0.45Mw station on Thursday Island.,It was built in 1999 and commissioned in 2000.
It reduces emissions of CO2 by 25000 tonnes per year and an estimated 0.625 million tonnes over its design life of 25 years.
The tubular towers are 44 metres high, the turbines at 46 metres and the blades, pitch perfect are also 46 metres in diameter.
The wind turbines are located on private land which continues to be used as a dairy farm. They can rotate at speeds between 14 rpm to 38 rpm. Power from the turbines is carried by underground cable to the electricity grid.
Glendinning Road, Ravenshoe, Queensland.