Project Overview
Collgar Wind Farm is a project consisting of 111 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 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 160,000 cars off the road, and planting 1,000,000 trees. Collgar Wind Farm will produce enough electricity to power approximately 125,000 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 Merredin 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.
Full construction works will commence in June 2010 and will be completed by April 2012.