Goldwind has delivered first power from the Cattle Hill wind farm in Australia.
A total of 33 of 48 turbines made by the Asian company have been installed so far at the project, which is located in Tasmania.
“Pre-commissioning of turbines has been underway for some time and generation commissioning is now ongoing,” said Goldwind managing director John Titchen.
“The project team has met a number of environmental challenges during the construction to date, such as bushfire, significant snow and wind, and scheduling of works to minimise disturbance during Tasmanian Wedge-tailed eagle breeding period.
“The highly focussed team, with high levels of communication with project stakeholders, have met and overcome these challenges with positivity and little impact to the overall project schedule.”
The milestone was marked at a ceremony on Friday.
Titchen said approximately 150 jobs have been created during the construction period on site as well as additional offsite work from Tasmanian project partners, including construction company Hazell Bros, transmission outfit TasNetworks, tower manufacturer Haywards.