Vestas hired for Oz hybrid

Vestas is to supply turbines to the 60.2MW first phase of the Kennedy hybrid renewable energy park in the Australian state of Queensland.

The park will comprise a 43.2MW wind farm, a 15MW solar plant and a 2MW storage facility, which are being developed by Windlab and Eurus Energy Holdings. 

Vestas will supply V136 3.6MW machines to the wind farm and manage the hybrid plant using its customised control system.

The Danish manufacturer will provide a 15-year active output management 4000 service agreement, which includes a full-scope service package for the wind turbines as well as scheduled maintenance for the solar panels, battery storage and electrical systems.

A consortium of Vestas and Quanta Services will deliver the engineering, procurement and construction of the project, which is expected to be in operation by the end of 2018.

Windlab and Vestas will share the knowledge and experience from building and operating the project through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency in order to support further hybrid projects in Australia. 

This project is planned to be the first phase of Windlab’s larger 1.2GW Kennedy Energy Park.

Vestas product management senior vice president Johnny Thomsen said: “We are grateful for the opportunity to join Windlab on this project.”

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