Toora Wind Farm

Overview of the wind farm

Turbine overlooking the promontory

Toora wind farm is a wind power station at Toora in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It is located north of Wilsons Promontory and 150 km SE of Melbourne. The wind farm is on a ridge overlooking the small town of Toora.

Toora has 12 wind turbines, each of 1.75 MW rated capacity, with a total generating capacity of 21 MW of electricity. The power station was completed in 2002.

As of May 2008, it is owned by Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund. Danish company Vestas Wind Systems, one of the world's largest turbine manufacturers, constructed the wind farm.

Good viewing and photography points are available on a road that passes right by the wind farm. From some of these views of the coastal plain, the Strzelecki Ranges, and Wilsons Promontory can be combined with views of the turbines. Accommodation is available in a caravan park at Toora.

One of Toora's turbines can power up to 6,600 homes.

References

Wind Farms in Victoria

External links

Photos of the wind turbines at Toora

Wind Farms in Australia

New South Wales	Blayney Capital Crookwell Cullerin Range Gunning Hampton Woodlawn

Queensland	Windy Hill

South Australia	Canunda Cathedral Rocks Clements Gap Hallett Lake Bonney Mount Millar Snowtown Starfish Hill Waterloo Wattle Point

Tasmania	Huxley Hill Musselroe Woolnorth

Victoria	Challicum Hills Codrington Hepburn Macarthur Mount Mercer Portland Toora Waubra Wonthaggi

Western Australia	Albany Collgar Emu Downs Nine Mile Beach Ten Mile Lagoon Walkaway

Proposed wind farms	Archer Point Bald Hills Coopers Gap Crows Nest Mount Emerald Silverton Stockyard Hill

List of wind farms in Australia

Coordinates: 38°38′41″S 146°20′48″E / 38.644632°S 146.346598°E / -38.644632; 146.346598

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