The site is located on the eastern shore of Lake Echo on the southern side of the Central Plateau of Tasmania[2] and connects into TasNetworks's transmission network at the adjacent Waddamana Substation.
The facility began construction in 2018 and was completed in 2020 with the installation of 48 Goldwind GW140 3MW turbines, each standing at 170m tall.
The wind farm's output of 144MW is equivalent to the consumption of approximately 63,000 homes.[3]
Operations
The generation table uses "eljmkt nemlog", a tracker for the Australian National Energy Market, to obtain generation values for each month. Grid connection started in January 2020, and was fully commissioned in August 2020.
Cattle Hill Wind Farm Generation (MWh)
Year
Total
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
2020
272,457
2,220*
6,064*
11,749*
16,892*
21,191*
18,036*
5,887*
32,825*
49,670
27,377
37,299
43,247
2021
484,150
34,730
28,090
35,777
53,537
48,022
34,207
49,537
51,835
48,981
39,993
24,477
34,964
Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.
