Sapphire Wind Farm is a 270MW onshore wind power project. It is located in New South Wales, Australia. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in May 2018. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project is developed and owned by Grassroots Renewable Energy. The company has a stake of 100%.

The project generates 764,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 148,000 households, offsetting 511,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.

The Sapphire Wind Farm (Sapphire Wind Farm I), has 137m high towers.

The Sapphire Wind Farm (Sapphire Wind Farm II), has 137m high towers.

Development status

The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in May 2018.

Power purchase agreement

ACT Government, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Flow Power and Fujitsu are the power offtakers from the project.

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 project consists of 75 units of V126-3.45MW turbines, each with 3.6MW nameplate capacity.

Vestas Wind Systems is the O&M contractor for the wind power project for a period of 10 years.

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This content was updated on 4 January 2024

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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.