Goyder South Wind Farm

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Goyder South Wind Farm
Goyder South Wind Farm
Country
  • Australia
Coordinates 33°45′S138°55′E / 33.75°S 138.92°E / -33.75; 138.92
Owner
Wind farm
Type
Rotor diameter
  • 158 m (518 ft)
Power generation
Units under const.75 × 5.5 MW
Nameplate capacity
  • 412 MW
External links
Website goyderenergy.com.au
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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 226 MW / 866 MWh MWh battery is planned for the north side of the Goyder Highway, [5] and construction of the battery started in late 2025. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Goyder Renewables Zone - Renewable Energy for South Australia". Goyder Renewables Zone.
  2. ↑ "Neoen gives go ahead on 412 MW wind farm, first stage of its Goyder Renewables Zone in South Australia". Neoen. 17 January 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "BHP signs landmark renewable energy deal for huge Olympic Dam mine". RenewEconomy. 13 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Generation starts at what will be South Australia's biggest wind farm". RenewEconomy. 4 April 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 "Huge wind farm cleared to add another seven turbines in state nearing 100 pct net renewables". RenewEconomy. 10 June 2025.
  6. ↑ ""A true first:" Neoen in landmark deal to create national park next to Goyder renewable zone". RenewEconomy. 14 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "South Australia's biggest battery achieves key registration and licence approvals". RenewEconomy. 20 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Blyth Battery Goes Live. NHOA Energy and Elecnor Commission the 477MWh Asset for Neoen in South Australia". CleanTechnica . 10 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "South Australia court dismisses anti-wind farm claims". Renew Economy. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Meeting Record - Community Liaison Group" (PDF). Waterloo Wind Farm. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  11. ↑ "Neoen submits plan for 2.7-GW hybrid renewables project in South Australia". S&P Global Market Intelligence . 20 August 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  12. ↑ "Australia to see world's first deployment of Tesla's new grid-scale technology in 866 MWh project". Energy Storage. 23 December 2025.
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