Boco Rock Wind Farm

Boco Rock Wind Farm
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CountryAustralia
LocationNimmitabel, New South Wales
Coordinates36°35′S 149°05′E / 36.58°S 149.08°E / -36.58; 149.08
StatusOperational
Construction beganAugust 2013
Commission date2015
Owner(s)Electricity Generating Public Company
Operator(s)CWP Renewables
Wind farm
TypeOnshore
Hub height80 metres (262 ft)
Rotor diameter100 metres (328 ft)
Power generation
Units operational67 × 1.7 MW
Make and modelGeneral Electric 1.7-100
Nameplate capacity113.9 MW
Capacity factor34.99% (average 2015-2021)
Annual net output349.1 GWh (average 2015-2021)
External links
Websitewww.bocorockwindfarm.com.au
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Boco Rock Wind Farm is a wind farm 10km southwest of Nimmitabel in the Snowy Mountains region of New South Wales, Australia. It has 67 GE 100-1.7 wind turbines with a hub height of 80m, and generates up to 113MW of electricity. It is managed by the developers, CWP Renewables but is now owned by EGCO.[1]

The engineering, procurement and construction contract for the wind farm was let in June 2013 to a consortium of GE and Downer EDI. The electricity generated is contracted for sale to EnergyAustralia.[2]

Operations

The wind farm began grid output in August 2014 and was fully commissioned in November 2014 and has operated continuously since then. The generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month.

Boco Rock Wind Farm Generation (MWh)
Year Total Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2014 61,991 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A -0.4* 3,695* 14,567* 17,705* 26,024
2015 317,676 30,170 15,479 20,781 26,880 31,330 20,594 37,334 33,938 24,587 30,207 23,659 22,717
2016 373,041 23,872 20,042 18,330 20,302 43,057 34,331 35,205 29,503 33,875 49,162 33,026 32,336
2017 344,923 30,728 27,372 19,841 19,422 23,106 14,012 40,765 39,900 50,472 27,906 22,031 29,368
2018 367,314 28,332 19,930 23,991 21,557 33,573 32,096 43,784 46,581 30,177 28,347 32,397 26,549
2019 365,386 26,412 23,086 26,678 22,133 40,476 26,817 36,397 35,287 31,487 25,759 41,277 29,577
2020 342,867 30,895 33,176 35,922 24,911 29,239 25,081 25,083 26,083 31,590 27,660 25,788 27,439
2021 332,608 21,739 20,709 21,992 16,927 24,933 31,594 43,958 37,198 41,470 29,314 22,721 20,053

Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.

References

  1. ^ "Boco Rock Wind Farm". Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. ^ "GE and Downer partner to deliver $350m Boco Rock Wind Farm". Sustainability Matters. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2019.


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