Cherry Tree Wind Farm is a 57.6MW onshore wind power project. It is located in Victoria, Australia. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 2019 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in July 2020. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project was developed by Iberdrola Australia and is currently owned by First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM with a stake of 100%.
The project generates 182GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 37,000 households, offsetting 200,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $95.385m.
The Tubular Steel towers installed at the project site are 91m high.
Development status
The project is currently active. The project construction commenced in 2019 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in July 2020.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Iberdrola Australia under a power purchase agreement for a period of 15 years from 2020. The contracted capacity is 57.6MW.
Contractors involved
Vestas Wind Systems was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the wind power project.
Vestas Wind Systems was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 16 units of V136-3.6MW turbines, each with 3.6MW nameplate capacity.
Vestas Wind Systems is the O&M contractor for the wind power project. The operation and maintenance contract commenced from 2020, for a period of 30 years.
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About Iberdrola Australia
Iberdrola Australia Ltd (Iberdrola), a subsidiary of Iberdrola SA, is a major renewable energy company that develops, builds, owns and operates renewable energy generation assets in Australia. It generates electricity through both owned and contracted wind farms and a solar farm across New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia. IEL sells the produced electricity to a range of customers in wholesale markets. Its development pipeline comprises wind, and solar projects. The company has operations in Australia, Bermuda, Germany, Luxembourg, Malta, and the US through its subsidiaries and offices. Infigen Energy is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.
