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Coordinates | 33°45′S138°55′E / 33.75°S 138.92°E |
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Units under const. | 75 × 5.5 MW |
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Website | goyderenergy |
Goyder South Wind Farm is the first part of Neoen's Goyder Renewables Zone [1] development near Burra, South Australia. The Goyder South Wind Farm will be on the hills south-east of the town of Burra.
Early construction works for Stage 1 began in December 2021. The project is owned by Neoen and the construction contract was awarded to a consortium of GE Renewable Energy and Elecnor. [2]
Generation capacity of Stage 1 is anticipated to be 412MW. The Government of the Australian Capital Territory has signed a 14-year contract for 100MW of electricity from the first phase of Stage 1, and BHP signed a 70 MW baseload renewables contract for phase 2 to power its Olympic Dam mine. [3] Neoen’s 238.5 MW / 477 MWh Blyth Battery in South Australia will balance power for the mine. Goyder South Stage 1 consists of 75 GE 5.5-158 Cypress wind turbines. It will have a new transmission line to connect to the Robertstown substation. First power came online in April 2024, [4] and the facility is expected to be fully operational in 2025 . [5]
Neoen gave 1,000 hectares at World’s End Gorge to the South Australian government in 2023, paving the way for a new national park along with the Hopkins Creek Conservation Park in Ngadjuri country. [6]
The 238.5 MW / 477 MWh Blyth grid battery operates in 2025 to balance power for the mine. [7] [8]
The Goyder South Wind Farm replaced the 119 MW Stony Gap Wind Farm which had initially been proposed for the same area, originally by EnergyAustralia [9] who sold it to Palisade Investment Partners in 2017 [10] before Neoen bought the proposal in September 2019 and included it in the larger plan for Goyder Renewables Zone. [11] Goyder wind farm(s) was sold to Brookfield in 2024. [5]
The 600 MW Goyder North wind farm with a 225 MW / 900 MWh battery is planned for the north side of the Goyder Highway. [5]