Starfish Hill is a 33MW onshore wind power project. It is located in South Australia, Australia. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in July 2003.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Onshore | 33 | 33 | – | Active | South Australia, Australia | Starfish Hill Wind Farm |
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Description
The project was developed by Starfish Hill Wind Farm and is currently owned by Ratch-Australia with a stake of 100%.
The project generates 100,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 18,000 households, offsetting 84,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $65m.
The Tubular Steel towers installed at the project site are 68m high.
Development Status
The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in July 2003.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to AGL Energy under a power purchase agreement, starting from 2003.
Contractors Involved
NEG Micon was selected to render EPC services for the wind power project.
Vestas Wind Systems was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 22 units of NM 64C turbines, each with 1.5MW nameplate capacity.
Transfield Worley Services is the O&M contractor for the wind power project.
Methodology
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