Lal Lal Wind Farm
37°36′S 144°00′E / 37.6°S 144°E / -37.6; 144
- April 2018
- 2019
- Macquarie Investment Management Australia Limited
- Renewable Energy Systems
- Onshore
- 136 m (446 ft)
- 228 MW
Lal Lal Wind Farm is a wind farm under construction southeast of Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. The wind farm has two sections about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) apart. There are 38 turbines two kilometres east of Yendon and a further 22 turbines two kilometres north of Elaine.[1]
The project was developed by WestWind Energy. The proposal was bought by Macquarie Capital in 2017, and financing was completed by onselling 40% to each of Northleaf Capital Partners and InfraRed Capital with Macquarie retaining the other 20%. Renewable Energy Systems is contracted to manage the build and first five years of operation. Construction is done by Zenviron and Vestas.[2]
During the construction phase, one of the operating wind turbines was damaged on 15 September 2019 by a lightning strike during a storm. A direct hit resulted in one blade of a turbine being destroyed and falling to the ground. no other damage was reported.[3]
During 2023 the project ownership changed to Igneo Infrastructure Partners (60%) and Northleaf Capital Partners (40%).[4][5]
References
- ^ "Lal Lal Wind Farms" (PDF). Fact Sheet. Lal Lal Wind Farms. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Lal Lal Wind Farm". Lal Lal Wind Farms. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Smith, Michelle (17 September 2019). "Lightning strike blamed for wind turbine blade damage at Lal Lal Wind Farm". The Courier. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Igneo picks up 60pc of Victorian wind farms Lal Lal Australian Financial Review 8 September 2022
- ^ Igneo Infrastructure Partners agrees to acquire majority stake in Lal Lal Wind Farms Igneo Infrastructure Partners 8 September 2022
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