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Project Overview

Collgar Wind Farm is a project consisting of 111 wind turbines located approximately 25km south east of Merredin in Western Australia.

The aim of the 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 generates and delivers clean, renewable electricity into the national power grid each year, thereby making a major contribution to Western Australia’s greenhouse gas reductions. These reductions are equivalent to taking 160,000 cars off the road, and planting 1,000,000 trees. Collgar Wind Farm produces enough electricity to power approximately 125,000 Western Australian homes with renewable energy.

The electricity generated from each turbine is transmitted via underground and above ground cabling to a central cable marshalling point at the onsite substation, which is located next to the 220kV power line that runs through the site area. The substation then connects directly into the grid network on site.

Detailed site investigations were undertaken 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 consisted of preparation for construction of the onsite substation and detailed geotechnical testing across the site.

Full construction works commenced in June 2010 and completed by October 2011.

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