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Quick Facts

Facts about the Moorabool Wind Project can be found here. A document outlining the facts and the fiction about the project is available for download below.

The Moorabool Wind Project is located south of Ballan and 25-30 km southeast of Ballarat. The aim of the project is to supply renewable electricity to the national electricity grid to meet current and future demand.

The project will consist of 107 wind turbines in two sections. The Bungeeltap Section to the north comprises 50 wind turbines and the Ballark Section to the south comprises 57 wind turbines.

• The project will have an installed capacity of approximately 321MW.
• The project is expected to generate in excess of 843,588 MWh of electricity each year which is equivalent to the consumption of 158,000 average Victorian homes.
• The project will cost in excess of $600M. A significant proportion of this will be spent locally.
• During construction the project will create approximately 100 full time positions. There will be approximately 25-30 full time ongoing positions to operate the wind farm.
• The wind farm will physically occupy approximately 0.67% of the entire project site area.

 

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Other Documents
Date First Issued	Description
October 2009	(148 kb) Moorabool Wind Project - Separating Fact From Fiction This document is a response to falsehoods circulating in relation to the Moorabool Wind Project since it was announced in May 2009.