MacIntyre wind farm in Queensland
Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: MacIntyre wind farm is a proposed 1,026 MW onshore wind complex to be built 200 km south-west of Brisbane.
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Australia, Queensland, Brisbane: MacIntyre wind farm is a proposed 1,026 MW onshore wind complex to be built 200 km south-west of Brisbane.
The project is being developed by ACCIONA in partnership with CleanCo, an Australian state-owned electricity generator.
The MacIntyre wind farm will feature 180 Nordex Group’s Delta4000 turbines rated at 5.7 MW each. It will have a total of three substations, each holding a power transformer.
The wind farm will occupy 36,000 ha of leased land and is expected to be ACCIONA’s biggest renewable energy facility. It will also become one of the world’s largest onshore wind farms upon completion.
Estimated to involve an investment of approximately $1.17 B (A$1.96 B), the wind farm project is expected to fortify the Queensland Government’s decarbonisation and climate change mitigation strategies.
The construction of the wind farm will commence in mid-2021 and is expected to be completed over a period of 18-24 months. The MacIntyre complex is expected to become fully operational in 2024.
Source: Power Technology