Location of Wattle Point wind farm
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Edithburgh, 2.88kms SW (3.6kms, 9mins driving)
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Yorketown, 13.85kms SE (15.8kms, 18mins driving)
From
Stansbury, 22.19kms S (27.0kms, 32mins driving)
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Kingscote, 62.2kms N (416kms, 10hrs 30mins driving)
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Description of Wattle Point wind farm
Wattle Point wind farm, near Edithburgh on
Yorke Peninsula, used to be
Australia's largest. Covering an area of 17.5 square kilometres, with 55 wind turbines, and costing AU $180 Million Dollars to construct.The Wattle Point wind farm was oficially put into operation in June 2005.
For more information see http://www.geocities.com/daveclarkecb/Australia/WindSA.html
Wattle Point Wind Farm is
Australia's largest wind farm, with 55 Vestas V82 Wind Turbines, that produce 91 MW of clean, green renewable energy, or 312,000 MWh or 2% of
South Australia's Electricity per year, which is enough to power 52,000 homes. Officially opened on the 16th June 2005 by the Hon Mile Rann, Premier of
South Australia at a cost of $180 Million Dollars.
Construction on the site commenced in July 2004 and the site was completed by April 2005, where further tests were carried out before its official opening. During its peak, there were 162 people employed on the project, while today, there are five full time service technicians employed to operate and maintain the wind farm. The expected life of the wind farm should be 25 years.
The towers are 67 metres tall and the blades are 40 metres tall giving the towers a total height to the tip of the blades of 110 metres. Electricity generated by the wind farm is fed directly into Electronet's 132KV main transmission system, and then into the national electricity
grid. 3 kilometres from Edithburgh on Sheoak Beach Road, there is a free public viewing area.
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Weather & Climate for Wattle Point wind farm
Closest Weather Station
Edithburgh at 09:30 25 Nov CDT
Distance from Wattle Point wind farm 2.22km SE
| Temperature | Feels Like | Rel. Humidity | Dew Point | Pressure | Rainfall | Wind Direction | Wind Speed | Gusts |
|---|
| 19.2°C |
17.0°C |
68% |
13.2°C |
1018.5hPa |
0.0mm |
ESE |
17km/h
9knots |
22km/h
12knots |
Closest Climatic Station
Edithburgh
Distance from Wattle Point wind farm 2.22km SE
| | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Mean Max. °C |
24.9 | 25.2 | 23.1 | 21.0 |
18.3 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 15.7 |
17.4 | 20.0 | 22.1 | 23.5 |
| Mean Min. °C |
16.5 | 17.0 | 15.7 | 12.9 |
10.7 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 |
8.7 | 10.7 | 13.2 | 14.8 |
| Mean Rain mm |
14.2 | 14.5 | 15.3 | 23.9 |
45.9 | 55.8 | 48.5 | 48.2 |
42.6 | 34.1 | 16.6 | 14.1 |
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