Vestas has been awarded a contract to supply turbines and engineering, procurement and construction services to the 214MW Yandin wind farm in Western Australia.
The A$400m project, which is being developed by Sydney-based power company Alinta Energy, is due online by mid-2020 and is the state’s largest wind farm.
Yandin will comprise 51 4.2MW turbines and will be located near the town of Dandaragan, 175km north of Perth. It will provide around 150 construction jobs.
The high-quality wind resource in the region means the wind farm’s long-term capacity factor is projected to be around 50%.
Yandin will connect to Western Power’s 330 kilovolt electricity network via a new 10km transmission line and terminal station that will be built, owned and operated by Western Power.
Vestas will operate and maintain the wind farm from completion of construction under a long-term service agreement.
Alinta Energy merchant energy executive director Ken Woolley said: “I want to thank our project landowners, the Shire of Dandaragan and Western Power for their support.
“This is Alinta Energy’s first direct investment in a renewable project, and we’re thrilled to do it here in our home state of Western Australia.”
Woolley said the Yandin wind farm has been shaped by valuable input from the local community and made possible by a stable energy policy environment in the state.
Vestas head of sales for Australia and New Zealand Peter Cowling said: “Yandin is a key project for Vestas, for Alinta and for Western Australia.”