The Gunning Wind Farm project is a proposed wind farm development in the Cullerin Range, north-east of Gunning, in New South Wales. A feasibility study indicates that the potential generating capacity of the site is about 60 MW. The study also indicates that transmission and environmental factors are favourable. The wind farm would be connected to the electricity grid by a 15 kilometre transmission line operated at 132 kV.

Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm is a wind power station at Port Lincoln, South Australia. It has 33 wind turbines, with a combined generating capacity of 66 MW of electricity.

Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm was commissioned in June 2005. It comprises 33 turbines of 2 MW each.

Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm
Location	Port Lincoln, South Australia
Owner(s)	Roaring 40s
Power station information
Primary fuel	Wind
Generation units	33
Power generation information
Maximum capacity	66 MW

The Mount Millar Wind Farm is situated on an escarpment between the towns of Cowell and Cleve located 100 kilometres southwest of Whyalla, South Australia. The 35 wind turbines are positioned on the elongated Mount Millar site (about 7 kilometres in length) to maximise wind exposure. The wind farm can generate up to 70 megawatts of electricity and will provide enough energy to meet the needs of about 36,000 typical households.

Because wind farms do not emit greenhouse gases in the generation of electricity, wind energy is considered a highly desirable form of renewable energy and assists in the reduction of the State’s reliance on coal and gas fired electricity generation. The Mount Millar Wind Farm connects to ElectraNet’s existing transmission network at Yadnarie Substation, via a new 33 km 132kV overhead transmission line and substation.

The $130 million project was developed by Tarong Energy Corporation Ltd, which has interests in both Queensland and South Australia (including South Australia’s first wind farm, see Starfish Hill Wind Farm). The Mount Millar wind farm was acquired by Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund, and in 2010 onsold to Meridian Energy.

The Emu Downs wind farm is a 79.2 MW wind farm in Western Australia. It was a joint development between Stanwell Corporation and Griffin Energy. The site is approximately 200 kilometres north of Perth, near Cervantes. Construction of the $180 million project commenced in November 2005, and the project was commissioned in October 2006.

Emu Downs wind farm consists of 48 Vestas wind turbines (each with 1.65 MW generating capacity), a substation, interconnection to the main 132 kV electricity grid, administration and stores buildings, and a network of access roads. The wind farm is close to the coast, with a good quality wind resource that has increased wind speeds and reliability aligning with periods for peak power demand.

The wind farm provides electricity to run a desalination plant, 260 km (160 miles) to the south. The Kwinana Desalination Plant, located just south of Perth, turns water from the Indian Ocean into nearly 152 million litres (40 million gallons) of drinking water per day.

Emu Downs wind farm is accredited under the Australian Government's Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 and as a Green Power Generator by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority.

Walkaway wind farm is a wind power station at Walkaway, just south of Geraldton, Western Australia.

The Walkaway wind farm is Western Australia's largest renewable energy project and provides 90 megawatts of power into the grid that supplies Perth and the south west. The wind farm has 54 of the world's largest wind turbines.

Each year the wind farm generates energy that would normally produce 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases if generated by fossil fuel based methods. This is the equivalent of removing 80,000 cars from the roads.

Electricity produced by the wind farm is purchased mainly by AGL.

Wattle Point Wind Farm is a wind farm near Edithburgh on the coast of South Australia, which has been operating since April 2005. When it was officially opened in June of that year it was Australia's largest wind farm at 91 megawatts. The installation consists of 55 wind turbines covering 17.5 square kilometres (6.8 sq mi)and was built at a cost of 180 million Australian dollars. It is connected to ETSA Utilities electricity transmission system via a 132 kilovolt line.

The location was chosen after identification as having one of mainland Australia's highest average wind speeds. The wind farm was officially opened by South Australian Premier Mike Rann and Southern Hydro Chairman, Dr Keith Turner. The opening was opposed by some of the local Indigenous Australians, the Adjahdura (or Narungga). A descendant of the traditional landowners argued that construction desecrated an ancient burial ground, disturbing skeletons in the construction of turbine number four. Work was halted in late 2004 after the discovery of human remains, artefacts and tools. The Aboriginal Affairs Department, and the developers, separately commissioned archaeological reports resulting in the development allowed to proceed with five towers being repositioned. Both reports concluded that the bones had come from elsewhere on the peninsula, being later reburied at Wattle Point. The region's aboriginal community was divided on construction; Narungga National Aboriginal Corporation supporting development and the Narungga Heritage Committee strongly opposing.

Wattle Point Wind Farm was built and owned by Southern Hydro Pty Limited. Southern Hydro was owned by Meridian Energy of New Zealand until October 2005, when it was bought by the Australian Gas Light Company (AGL). The windfarm was acquired by Alinta in October 2006, as part of an asset merger with AGL, and subsequently by the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group's Energy Infrastructure Trust, for 225 million dollars on 23 April 2007.

The Hallett Wind Farm is the name given to five wind farms near the town of Hallett, South Australia:

• Hallett 1 (Brown Hill): completed
• Hallett 2 (Hallett Hill): completed
• Hallett 3 (Mount Bryan): approved
• Hallett 4 (North Brown Hill): under construction
• Hallett 5 (Bluff Range): 2010

Considered as one unit, the Hallett Wind Farm was the biggest in Australia in May 2011 (Macarthur Wind Farm, under construction, will be bigger when completed).

Hallett 1

Hallett 1 wind farm, consists of 45 Suzlon S88 turbines each of a rated 2.1 megawatt (MW) for a total of around 95 MW. It is in the Mid-North of South Australia adjacent to an existing 180 MW gas fired peaking power plant. The wind farm construction was carried out by Suzlon Energy Australia Pty. Ltd. This site utilizes an innovative rock anchor solution to support the turbines using only one third of the concrete and reinforcement required in traditional foundations.

Hallett 2

Hallett 2 Wind Farm, also known as Hallett Hill Wind Farm, was completed in late 2009. It consists of 34 Suzlon turbines each 2.1MW, giving an installed capacity is 71.4MW. Up to March 2011 it was averaging a capacity factor of 39%.

Hallett 3

AGL has announced its intention of building the Hallett 3 wind farm.

Local residents are protesting against the construction of this stage due to its proximity to the township of Hallett. The main claims involve noise based on problems experienced by people living in close proximity to turbines in Hallett stages one and two.

Hallett 4

AGL's Hallett 4 Wind Farm, alternatively called North Brown Hill Wind Farm, has 63 turbines with a total installed capacity of 132MW, and cost A$334 million to build. The first power flowed into the south eastern Australian electricity grid in August 2010 and the project was up to full operation in early 2011.

Hallett 5

AGL's Hallett stage 5, also known as Bluff Range Wind Farm will consist of 25 Suzlon turbines each of 2.1MW. It is expected to cost a total of $120 million. Completion is expected in late 2011; on 4th May 2011 three turbines were completed and a number of towers were partly built

Crookwell Wind Farm, located at Crookwell west of Goulburn, New South Wales, consists of eight 600 kW wind turbines giving a total capacity of 4.8 MW. It was the first grid-connected wind farm in Australia when built by Pacific Power in 1998. It is now owned by Eraring Energy, and the wind farm currently supplies electricity to Country Energy's "GreenPower" customers.

Phase two of the Crookwell Wind Farm, which will have an installed capacity of 92 MW, is under construction as of 2009 and will cost $238 million.

Crookwell Wind Farm
Country	Australia
Locale	Crookwell, New South Wales
Status	Operational
Commission date	1998
Owner(s)	Pacific Power
Turbine information
Turbines	8 X 600 kW
Wind farm information
Type	onshore
Power generation information
Installed capacity	4.8 MW
Maximum capacity	92 MW

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. The turbines will be located in three distinct areas, one to the west and one to the east of Tarwin Lower Waratah Road, and one near the end of Bald Hills Road.

The Bald Hills Wind Farm has received planning approval from the Victorian Government and approval from the Federal Government under the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act. This followed extensive project feasibility studies and Environmental Effects Statements (EESs). The EESs were assessed by an independent panel.

Bald Hills Wind Farm will comprise 52 turbines of 2 MW capacity each, giving it a total capacity of 104 MW. It is expected to produce 335,100 MWh of electricity per year, based on the long-term average forecast wind data. This is the equivalent of meeting the electricity requirements of over 62,000 homes—over four and a half times the homes in the South Gippsland Shire (based on 2006 census data).

Construction of the wind farm is expected to start in 2011. It is expected that the wind farm will be fully operational by 2013.

The proposed Crows Nest Wind Farm, will be located in south-eastern Queensland, 40 kilometres north of Toowoomba. It initially has was to have an installed generating capacity of 124 MW that would produce enough electricity for some 47,000 homes. It is expected that the wind farm will create 460 manufacturing and construction jobs and a further 15 full time maintenance jobs in Crows Nest. The Crows Nest location on the western edge of the Darling Downs, offers some of the best average wind speeds available in Queensland, and the project will provide additional security of electricity supply in this fast growing area.

The project was acquired by AGL Energy in 2009 after purchasing it and another wind farm at Barn Hill in South Australia from Transfield Services. In June 2009, AGL was allowed to increase the number of turbines by 20 units and therefore the output from 124 MW to 200 MW. The cost of the project is now expecting to be A$270 million.

Residents of Crows Nest Shire formed a "No Wind Farm" group which objected to the proposal. The activists contended that turbine blades would cause light flicker as they passed the sun, turbines would cause noise, devalue land, be a detriment to fauna and visual appeal of the area and were contrary to the council's town plan. They also argued the green credentials of wind farms were a myth because large amounts of coal-fired energy was needed to power up generators to full capacity after a drop in wind speed. After drawn-out legal proceedings and mediation between the parties, the objections were progressively dropped.

Crows Nest Wind Farm
Country	Australia
Locale	Toowoomba, Crows Nest, Queensland
Status	Proposed
Owner(s)	AGL Energy
Power station information
Primary fuel	Wind farm
Generation units	40
Power generation information
Maximum capacity	200 MW

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. It is expected to generate approximately 395,000 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity each year which could power approximately 74,000 households and result in a reduction of some 510,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

Construction was due to commence in September 2009 under the management of WestWind Energy, however the project changed hands to Meridian Energy in the middle of 2009. Construction was delayed until the end of 2009 or early 2010 with Meridian Energy citing the global financial crisis as the cause of the delay in construction. Construction has been further delayed until mid-year 2011, Meridian Energy cite the reason as re-designing how the Mount Mercer Wind Farm is back hauled to the national grid and thus having to renegotiate easement agreements with local land owners.

A proposed location of the 64 wind turbines has been made available to the public. Local farmers who would have turbines on their land were offered $7000 per turbine per year.

Mount Mercer Wind Farm
Country	Australia
Locale	Victoria
Status	Final Design
Owner(s)	Meridian Energy
Power station information
Primary fuel	Wind
Generation units	64
Power generation information
Maximum capacity	131 MW

Woolnorth Wind Farm is a wind power station at Woolnorth (Cape Grim), Tasmania, Australia. It is wholly owned and operated by Roaring 40s and has 62 wind turbines, with a generating capacity of 140 MW of electricity.

The first stage of the power station, with six 1.75 MW turbines, was completed in August 2002. The second stage, adding a further thirty one turbines and 54 MW of generating capacity, was completed in April 2004. Stage Three, the Woolnorth Studland Bay site consisting of twenty-five Vestas V90 3 MW wind turbines, commenced in January 2006 and was completed in May 2007.

Woolnorth Wind Farm
Locale	Woolnorth, Tasmania
Coordinates	40.685°S 144.717°ECoordinates: 40.685°S 144.717°E
Commission date	2002
Owner(s)	Roaring 40s
Power station information
Primary fuel	Wind
Generation units	62
Power generation information
Maximum capacity	140 MW

Lake Bonney Wind Farm, in South Australia, was built in two stages. Stage 1 consisted of 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 consisted of 53 turbines of 3 MW (total 159 MW). The combined capacity of the two stages is 239.5 MW making it the biggest wind farm in Australia at the time of completion.

The Lake Bonney 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 nearest large town is Millicent.

The owner is Infigen, who purchased the project off Babcock and Brown, Wind Partners, in June 2009.

The Snowtown wind farm is a located on the Barunga and Hummocks ranges west of Snowtown in the Mid North of South Australia, around 150 kilometres (93 mi) north of the state capital, Adelaide. It is owned by TrustPower.

The first power generated by the wind turbines was received into the public grid in December 2007. The first stage of the wind farm, constructed by Suzlon Energy Australia, was substantially completed by October 2008 and was officially opened on 2 November 2008.

It is expected that when all stages are completed the wind farm will consist of up to 150 turbine,s each having a rated 2.1 megawatts (2,800 hp) capacity.

The location of the Snowtown wind farm, the Barunga Range, is a north-south trending ridge of the Mount Lofty Ranges. Since it is generally treeless, rounded, and lies across the direction of the prevailing westerly winds, it provides an outstanding site for a wind farm.

The Waubra Wind Farm is located 35 km north-west of Ballarat and was completed in July 2009. It consists of 128 wind turbines, with associated substations and an operations centre. Each wind turbine has a capacity of 1.5 megawatts (MW), providing a total installed capacity of 192 MW. Waubra is the third largest wind farm in Australia, after Hallett Wind Farm (298MW) and Lake Bonney Wind Farm (279MW).

The green energy generated by the wind farm each year provides electricity for 143,000 households – more than enough to power Ballarat. The Waubra Wind Farm offsets up to 635,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions every year.

Acciona Energy formed a Community Reference Group (CRG) for the construction phase of the Waubra Wind Farm, to provide a regular forum for community input to the project and to facilitate communication between members of the Waubra community and the wind farm project team.

The construction of the Waubra Wind Farm Project received financial assistance as part of the Victorian State Government’s Victorian Renewable Energy Target (VRET).

In July 2011 the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 4 Corners program explored health concerns connected with Australian wind farms in its "Against the Wind" report. The Waubra Wind Farm and the community living around it was featured in the report.

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. Completion of the entire 195 MW project is expected in 2011, at a capital cost of 330 million Australian dollars.

The Portland Wind Farm project is expected to produce more than 500 GWh annually, enough electricity to power about 125,000 homes each year, and equal to more than 7% of Victoria’s residential electricity demand, or powering a city the size of Geelong. The project is being developed by Pacific Hydro.

Portland Wind Farm
Country	Australia
Locale	Portland
Status	Operational
Commission date	2010
Power station information
Primary fuel	Wind
Generation units	98
Power generation information
Installed capacity	195 MW

The Macarthur Wind Power Plant is a proposed wind farm in Victoria, Australia, being developed by a joint venture formed by AGL Energy and Meridian Energy. The project is to be 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 comprise 140 3 MW Vestas V112 wind turbines. It is expected to be the largest wind farm in the Southern Hemisphere, generating enough power for 220,000 homes and abating 1.7 million tons of greenhouse gases annually.

The Macarthur Wind Power Plant project is estimated to cost A$1 billion and is due for completion in 2013. It will be constructed by Vestas and Leighton Contractors.

Macarthur Wind Farm
Country	Australia
Locale	Victoria
Owner(s)	AGL / Meridian Energy
Power station information
Primary fuel	Wind
Generation units	140
Power generation information
Maximum capacity	420 MW

Coopers Gap Wind Farm is a proposed 500 MW wind power station in the Bilboa and Cooranga North region, approximately 50 km south west of Kingaroy and 65 km north of Dalby in Queensland, Australia.

A 60 m wind monitoring mast was installed in March 2006 in order to accurately measure wind speed and direction in the area.

The location for the Coopers Gap Wind Farm is a hilly area to the west of the Bunya Mountains. The site area lies to the north and south of Niagara Road, starting approximately 3 km from the Bunya Highway, as well as to the west of Jarail Road. The site extends to Crowles Road to the south, Cooranga North-Niagara Road to the west, close to Nords Road and Diamondy Road to the North and close to Bunya Highway to the east.

The area is mostly cleared cattle grazing country and covers approximately 12,000 hectares in total. The project falls within both the South Burnett Regional Council and Dalby Regional Council jurisdictions.

Coopers Gap Wind Farm will have a total generation capacity of up to 500 MW and annually, 1.7 million megawatt hours. The wind farm will consist of up to 252 turbines extending across a series of ridge lines within the proposed site. The wind turbines proposed will be approximately 135 m in height from the tower base to the tip of the blade. The tower will be approximately 80 m high, and the blades approximately 52 metres in length with a rotor diameter of 104 metres. The construction cost of the project were initially to be over $1.2 billion. However the project was revised to include 115 turbines and only cost A$800 million.

The electricity generated from each turbine will be transmitted via underground or above ground cabling to a central cable marshalling point at the on site substation, which will be located next to the 220 kv or 132 kv power lines that run through the site area. The sub station will then connect directly into the grid network on site. It is expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 2.2 million tonnes annually.

In April 2011, some local landholders expressed concerns at a community forum related to health effects and the noise of the wind turbines, some of which will be less than a kilometre from homes.