Woolnorth Wind Farm


Woolnorth Wind Farm is a wind power complex, comprising two wind farms — Bluff Point and Studland Bay. They are located at the Woolnorth property at Woolnorth, in the far north-west of Tasmania, Australia. Both wind farms are operated by Woolnorth Wind Farm Holdings, a 75:25 joint venture between Shenhua Group and Hydro Tasmania.

Farms

Bluff Point Wind Farm was constructed in two stages. The first consisted of six 1.75 MW Vestas V66 turbines and was commissioned in 2002. Stage two, commissioned in 2004, expanded the wind farm with a further 31 of the same turbines, for a total generating capacity of 65 MW.
Studland Bay Wind Farm was commissioned in 2007 and consists of 25 Vestas V90 turbines, each with a capacity of 3 MW, for a total capacity of 75 MW.

Operations

The generation table uses to obtain generation values for each month. Records date back to 2011.
YearTotalJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2011469,71639,65835,85842,69631,36530,87946,48446,89330,73446,95739,98539,96938,238
2012467,62249,83028,13543,46219,44640,61640,21430,23646,55447,48236,28537,51547,847
2013536,38835,68640,05746,85637,31135,63538,16943,66762,64550,59957,33137,83150,601
2014463,33748,55039,74333,42231,21435,52336,17442,43332,79038,38248,29246,51230,302
2015483,61444,23841,69538,12028,44248,73735,14045,42342,21229,48437,15747,44145,525
2016508,79338,16133,27933,18131,38555,11143,33753,44244,66031,28256,42943,84244,684
2017493,69043,94739,01935,65525,46236,86732,18440,56039,96258,79844,54453,54343,149
2018510,69437,59340,83444,18334,80251,71936,43354,84250,38344,16238,22437,69739,822
2019550,35038,06048,52035,16446,76446,93936,72159,58549,23642,24443,82350,83852,456
2020479,92239,71041,76138,74340,45136,14833,20229,39442,17649,22535,98244,85748,273
2021388,39541,32643,68148,62041,45322,329*13,845*21,981*26,665*25,446*30,29031,80140,958

In May 2021, output was limited to ~75 MW.