
Crookwell wind farm is situated at Crookwell town in the west direction of Goulburn city of popular state New South Wales in Australia. Crookwell wind farm was built by Pacific Power in 1998 and was the first grid- connected wind farm in Australia. During that time it was the biggest wind farm in Australia. Crookwell wind farm consists of eight turbines, each having a height of 45 meters and rotors having a diameter of more than 44 meters. Each turbine possesses a capacity of 600kW of power and a total generation of 4.8MW of power. The total power output of 4.8 Mega Watts is enough to meet the average electricity demand of around 4,000 homes.
Crookwell wind farm produces electricity by saving around 80,000 tonnes of harmful carbon dioxide emission. Crookwell town was selected for the construction of wind farm due to its good flow of wind.


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