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Australia’s oldest commercial wind farm to close as cost of repowering is too high
« on: March 02, 2025, 08:06:39 am »
Australia’s oldest commercial wind farm to close as cost of repowering is too high
Credit:  Rachel Williamson · Feb 10, 2025 · reneweconomy.com.au ~~

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In a first clue as to what might be the future for some ageing wind farms sites, renewable energy company Pacific Blue says it will not repower the country’s first modern commercial wind farm at Codrington in Victoria.

The 18.2 megawatt (MW) Codrington wind farm was commissioned in 2001 and will be decommissioned in 2027, a Pacific Blue spokesperson told Renew Economy on Monday.

Despite an enviable location near Port Fairy in southwest Victoria, which benefited from the same southern ocean winds that drew the federal government to the offshore Southern Wind zone, repowering the site will be too expensive, the company says.

“At this stage, Pacific Blue is not pursuing a repowering option for Codrington, as the site’s grid connection would require significant upgrades and today’s turbine siting requirements would preclude the installation of latest generation turbines, resulting in a non-financially viable project,” the spokesperson said.

https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2025/02/10/australias-oldest-commercial-wind-farm-to-close-as-cost-of-repowering-is-too-high/
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Re: Australia’s oldest commercial wind farm to close as cost of repowering is too high
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2025, 08:08:06 am »
The cost of repowering, I'm sure, is an isolated event at this site only. :whistle:
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Re: Australia’s oldest commercial wind farm to close as cost of repowering is too high
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2025, 05:52:35 pm »
Windfarms of the World:
One... and done.
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Re: Australia’s oldest commercial wind farm to close as cost of repowering is too high
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2025, 06:04:31 pm »
Too "expensive" means without the previous subsidies... It was never economical. But when it was taxpayer/ratepayer money being burned it was all well and good.
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Re: Australia’s oldest commercial wind farm to close as cost of repowering is too high
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2025, 07:52:23 pm »
I note there is nothing here about how effective the windmill was in generating power, and when it actually stopped doing so.

This thing might have been idled for years and never produced squat most of its life
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