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Alinta 'Walkaway' Wind Farm
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Walkaway Wind Farm
Official nameAlinta Wind Farm
CountryAustralia
Location Walkaway, Western Australia
Coordinates 28°53′53″S114°52′7″E / 28.89806°S 114.86861°E / -28.89806; 114.86861
StatusOperational
Construction beganLate 2004
Commission date January 2006
Owner Infigen Energy
Operator Infigen Energy
Wind farm
Type Onshore
Hub height80 metres
Rotor diameter82 metres
Power generation
Units operational54
Make and modelVestas NM82
Nameplate capacity 89.1 MW
External links
Website www.infigenenergy.com

Alinta wind farm (also known as Walkaway wind farm) is a wind power station at Walkaway, just south of Geraldton, Western Australia. [1] It is owned by Infigen Energy and has offtake agreements with Alinta Energy and AGL Energy. [2]

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The Alinta wind farm has an installed capacity of 89.1 megawatts. It supplies Perth and the south west in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS).

Each year the wind farm generates energy that would normally produce 360,150 tonnes of greenhouse gases if generated by fossil fuel–based methods. This is the equivalent of removing 76,000 cars from the roads. [1]

Electricity produced by the wind farm is purchased mainly by Alinta Energy. [3]

In June 2022, one of the turbines collapsed, causing the wind farm to be temporarily shut down. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Major WA Initiatives.sedo.energy.wa.gov.au Archived 2007-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Alinta Wind Farm". Infigen Energy . Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  3. Renewable Energy Production
  4. Vorrath, Sophie (16 June 2022). "Wind turbine collapses in "serious event" at WA wind farm". Renew Economy. Retrieved 3 July 2022.