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Mount Emerald Wind Farm is a 180 MW wind farm situated on Mount Emerald, approximately 8 km WNW of Tolga, and 49 km SW of Cairns, in Queensland, Australia.[1] The project is a joint venture between Port Bajool (land owner) and RATCH-Australia (wind farm developer and operator). RATCH-Australia bought the project from Transfield Services in July 2011.[2]

Mount Emerald Wind Farm
Country	Australia
Coordinates	17°11′S 145°22′E
Status	Operational
Construction began	14 February 2017 (2017-02-14)
Construction cost	$400 million
Owner(s)	RATCH-Australia
Operator(s)	RATCH-Australia
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Hub height	84 m (276 ft) Vestas V112 90 m (295 ft) Vestas V117
Rotor diameter	112 m (367 ft) 117 m (384 ft)
Rated wind speed	50 km/h (13.9 m/s)
Site area	2,400 ha (24 km2)
Site elevation	900 m (2,953 ft)
Power generation
Units operational	16 × 3.3 MW 37 × 3.45 MW
Make and model	Vestas V112-3.3MW Vestas V117-3.45MW
Nameplate capacity	180.5 MW
Annual net output	500-600 GWh
External links
Website	mtemeraldwindfarm.com.au
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Environmental impact

The roads and bases for the turbines caused significant destruction of the formerly untouched wilderness.[3]

Operations

The wind farm registered its first grid output in August 2018 and reached maximum output in January 2019. The network around the wind farm is generally constrained; this has an impact on the total amount of electricity it can generate.^{[citation needed]}

Mount Emerald Wind Farm Generation (MWh)

Year	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2018	114,356	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2,239*	27,237*	19,132*	30,535*	35,213*
2019	455,639	39,124*	21,108*	33,043*	62,106	53,452	45,636	33,884	45,804	40,882	33,083	26,186	21,331
2020	348,260	20,204	10,891	36,588	38,551	48,914	56,223	17,879*	14,075*	33,172*	15,113*	37,952*	18,698*
2021		28,953	14,298	36,514	43,141	52,500	30,136	32,432	63,443	59,085	20,474	25,138	32,015
2022		21,812	23,242	26,568	50,452	29,027

Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.

See also

• Wind power in Australia
• List of wind farms in Queensland

References

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