It is a wind farm on the coast of south-western Victoria, near Yambuk. The Codrington site is close to perfect with strong prevailing winds blowing off the Southern Ocean. Completed in June 2001, the 14 wind turbines generate 51 GWh annually, for a capital cost of 30 million Australian dollars by Pacific Hydro, being the first fully private investment in a wind farm in Australia. When opened it was Australia’s largest wind farm and the first in Victoria. The wind farm now generates enough electricity each year to supply the equivalent of 10,000 Victorian homes and each year avoids the emission of 49,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions – the equivalent to taking more than 17,000 cars off the roads.
This wind farm is privately owned by the Crowe family, and is only open to pre-booked, group visitors.
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This image is included in a gallery "Landscape Gallery 19" curated by THATS RIGHT.
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This image is included in 2 galleries:- 1) "My South Australia" and 2) "Quirky structures", both curated by Fairy Duff.
The yellow beaked sculpture is a crow : according to Tim Brady of the Codrington Wind Farm.
It is a wind farm on the coast of south-western Victoria, near Yambuk. The Codrington site is close to perfect with strong prevailing winds blowing off the Southern Ocean. Completed in June 2001, the 14 wind turbines generate 51 GWh annually, for a capital cost of 30 million Australian dollars by Pacific Hydro, being the first fully private investment in a wind farm in Australia. When opened it was Australia’s largest wind farm and the first in Victoria. The wind farm now generates enough electricity each year to supply the equivalent of 10,000 Victorian homes and each year avoids the emission of 49,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions – the equivalent to taking more than 17,000 cars off the roads.
This wind farm is privately owned by the Crowe family, and is only open to pre-booked, group visitors.
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Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm is the second stage of Pacific Hydro’s four-stage Portland Wind Energy Project (PWEP) in southwest Victoria. Completed in 2008, the 58MW Cape Bridgewater wind farm comprises 29 wind generators producing enough energy to meet the annual needs of 35,000 households, with an average electricity generation of 194GWh per year.
Operations at Cape Bridgewater abate an estimated 195,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year.
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The Portland wind farm is one of Australia's largest wind farms. Located on the coast of south-western Victoria near the city of Portland, it consists of four separate sites, all of which have been completed as of 2015. Completion of the entire 195 MW project was expected in 2011, at a capital cost of A$330 million.
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