Bodangora Wind Farm

32°23′46″S 149°04′01″E / 32.396°S 149.067°E / -32.396; 149.067StatusOperationalConstruction began2017Commission date2019Construction costA$236 millionOwner(s)Infigen EnergyWind farm TypeOnshoreHub height85 metres (279 ft)Rotor diameter130 metres (427 ft)Power generation Units operational33 × 3.43 MWMake and modelGeneral Electric 3.4-130Nameplate capacity113.2 MWCapacity factor34.57% (average 2019-2021)Annual net output342.8 GWh (average 2019-2021)External linksWebsitehttps://www.infigenenergy.com/our-assets/owned-renewable-energy-assets/bodangora/

Bodangora Wind Farm is a 113.2 MW^[1] wind farm owned by Infigen Energy in the district of Bodangora near Wellington, New South Wales, Australia. It consists of 33 wind turbines. The towers are 85 metres tall, and the rotor diameter is 130 metres. The wind turbine blades were manufactured in Bergama, Turkey.^[2] The development of the project began in 2009. It received planning approval in August 2013. The wind farm was completed on 27 February 2019.^[3] Annually it is supposed to generate on average 361 GWh of energy at capacity factor of 36.4%.

Bodangora Wind Farm has a power purchase agreement to sell 60% of the electricity generated to EnergyAustralia until the end of 2030.^[4]

Operations

The wind farm began grid commissioning in October 2018 and was fully commissioned in December 2018 and has operated continuously since then. The generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month.

Bodangora Wind Farm Generation (MWh)

Year	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2018	58,782	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	992*	6,015*	8,920*	18,234*	24,621*
2019	340,081	27,414	33,559	27,518	30,909	21,685	24,479	30,255	26,353	30,018	28,846	29,811	29,234
2020	353,663	30,895	33,176	35,922	24,911	29,239	25,081	25,083	26,083	31,590	27,660	29,153	34,870
2021	334,562	29,709	28,980	32,684	19,191	21,532	24,260	29,574	28,211	27,559	27,129	36,662	29,071

Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.

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