Lal Lal Wind Farm is a wind farm under construction southeast of Ballarat in the Australian state of Victoria. 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]

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Lal Lal Wind Farm
Country	Australia
Coordinates	37°36′S 144°00′E
Status	Operational
Construction began	April 2018
Commission date	2019
Owner(s)	Macquarie Investment Management Australia Limited
Operator(s)	Renewable Energy Systems
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Rotor diameter	136 m (446 ft)
Power generation
Units operational	60 × 3.8 MW
Make and model	Vestas V136-3.45 MW (60)
Nameplate capacity	228 MW
External links
Website	www.lallalwindfarms.com.au
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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%. RES Australia 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]

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