Bodangora Wind Farm Explained

Bodangora Wind Farm
Coordinates:	-32.396°N 149.067°W
Country:	Australia
Location:	Bodangora, New South Wales
Status:	Operational
Construction Began:	2017
Commissioned:	2019
Cost:	A$236 million
Owner:	Infigen Energy
Wind Farm Type:	Onshore
Wind Hub Height:	85m (279feet)
Wind Rotor Diameter:	130m (430feet)
Ps Units Operational:	33 × 3.43 MW
Ps Units Manu Model:	General Electric 3.4-130
Ps Electrical Capacity:	113.2 MW
Ps Electrical Cap Fac:	34.57% (average 2019-2021)
Ps Annual Generation:	342.8 GWh (average 2019-2021)
Website:	https://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.

Notes and References

News: Bodangora Wind Farm. live. 27 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201031000530/https://www.infigenenergy.com/assets/1-ASX-Releases-all/Bodangora-Construction-Fact-sheet-May2017.pdf. 2020-10-31.
Web site: Fresh Air: Turkish Turbine Blade Factory Invigorates Historic Town. Coffey. Brendan. 2019-09-13. GE Reports. en-US. 2019-09-28.
Web site: Bodangora . . 25 September 2019.
News: EnergyAustralia signs PPA for 113MW wind farm in NSW . Sophie . Vorrath . 28 February 2017 . 25 September 2019 . Renew Economy.