Project Overview
Collgar Wind Farm is a $750 million project consisting of up to 127 wind turbines located approximately 25km south east of Merredin in Western Australia.
Collgar Wind Farm - Site Location Plan
The aim of this project is to develop an environmentally and economically sound wind farm that will provide renewable energy to be used locally and exported to the national grid.
This project will generate and deliver up to 903,500 MWh of clean, renewable electricity into the national power grid each year, thereby making a major contribution to Western Australia's greenhouse gas reductions. These reductions will be equivalent to taking up to 271,260 cars off the road, and planting up to 1,753,060 trees. Collgar Wind Farm will produce enough electricity to power approximately 164,270 Western Australian homes with renewable energy.
The electricity generated from each turbine will be transmitted via underground and above ground cabling to a central cable marshalling point at the onsite substation, which will be located next to the 220kv power line that runs through the site area. The substation will then connect directly into the grid network on site.
Detailed site investigations have been undertaken over the past 18 months including ecological, heritage, visual and social, which formed the basis of the planning application for the project. Development approval was granted by Merridin Shire Council on 23 September 2008.
Early works on site commenced on 16 November 2009 and consist of preparation for construction of the onsite substation and detailed geotechnical testing across the site.
The project is expecting to issue a full notice to proceed with construction work in March 2010, with mobilisation on site and commencement of construction works in May 2010.