Collgar Wind Farm
Collgar Wind Farm is a wind farm located approximately 25 kilometres south-east of Merredin, Western Australia. With 111 Vestas V90-2MW wind turbines built in the first stage, and a total capacity of 222 MW, it is expected to generate 720 GWh on average per year over the life of the project. It became fully operational in October 2011.History
Feasibility studies were carried out between 2006 and 2008, and planning approval was granted in September 2008. In March 2010 Collgar Wind Farm Pty Ltd was sold to UBS International Infrastructure Fund and Retail Employees Superannuation Trust. Construction began in June 2010, the wind farm was connected to the grid in April 2011, and the first 50 turbines started operation in May 2011. The wind farm became fully operational in October 2011.
