Salt Creek Wind Farm is a 54MW 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 2017 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in July 2018. Buy the profile here.
Description
The project was developed by NewEn Australia and Tilt Renewables. The project is currently owned by Tilt Renewables.
The project generates 172GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 30,000 households. The project cost is $80.458m.
The project has 87m high towers.
Development status
The project is currently active. The project construction commenced in 2017 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in July 2018.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Meridian Energy under a power purchase agreement for a period of 12 years from 2018. The contracted capacity is 54MW.
Contractors involved
Vestas Wind Systems and Zenviron were 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 15 units of V126-3.6 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 2018, for a period of 25 years.
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About NewEn Australia
NewEn Australia Pty Ltd (NewEn Australia) is a renewable energy company that provides wind energy solutions. The company offers installation, development, and operations wind farms across Australia. Its wind farm projects comprise dundonnell wind farm, wingeel wind farms, salt creek wind farms, and German wind farms. NewEn Australia' salt creek wind farms provide electric generation and distribution through permit containing farms and sub permit conditions located in the Shire of Moyne and south of Woorndoo. The company's German wind farms is located in Germany. It has its operations in Australia, Canada and Germany. NewEn Australia is headquartered in Tooma, New South Wales, Australia.
About Tilt Renewables
Tilt Renewables Ltd (Tilt Renewables), subsidiary of Powering Australian Renewables, is an electricity generation company. It produces electricity with the wind turbine technology. The company's project portfolio includes Rye Park Wind Farm, Tararua Wind Farm, Mahinerangi Wind Farm, Snowtown Wind Farm, Blayney Wind Farm, Crookwell Wind Farm, Waipipi Wind Farm and Dysart Solar Farm, among others. Its The Dundonnell Wind Farm project is located twenty three kilometers north-east of Mortlake, in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The company operates in New Zealand and Australia. Tilt Renewables is headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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