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A 60m wind monitoring mast was installed in March 2006 in order to accurately measure wind speed and direction in the area.<ref>[http://www.windlabsystems.com/node/11 Coopers Gap Wind Farm]</ref> |
A 60m wind monitoring mast was installed in March 2006 in order to accurately measure wind speed and direction in the area.<ref>[http://www.windlabsystems.com/node/11 Coopers Gap Wind Farm]</ref> |
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== The Site == |
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The proposed site area lies to the north and south of Niagara Road, starting approximately 3km from the Bunya Highway, as |
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well as to the west of Jarail Road. The site extends to Crowles Road to the south, Cooranga North-Niagara Road to the west, close to Nords Road and Diamondy Road to the North and close to Bunya Highway to the east. The area is predominantly cleared cattle grazing country and covers approximately 12,000 hectares in total. The project falls within both the South Burnett Regional Council and Dalby Regional Council jurisdictions. |
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=== The Project<ref>[http://www.southburnett.biz/pdfs/coopersgap.pdf Information Brochure]</ref> === |
=== The Project<ref>[http://www.southburnett.biz/pdfs/coopersgap.pdf Information Brochure]</ref> === |
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Revision as of 00:39, 12 June 2009
Coopers Gap Wind Farm is a proposed 500MW wind power station in the Bilboa and Cooranga North region, approximately 50km west of Kingaroy and 65km north of Dalby, Queensland.
A 60m wind monitoring mast was installed in March 2006 in order to accurately measure wind speed and direction in the area.[1]
The Site
The proposed site area lies to the north and south of Niagara Road, starting approximately 3km from the Bunya Highway, as well as to the west of Jarail Road. The site extends to Crowles Road to the south, Cooranga North-Niagara Road to the west, close to Nords Road and Diamondy Road to the North and close to Bunya Highway to the east. The area is predominantly cleared cattle grazing country and covers approximately 12,000 hectares in total. The project falls within both the South Burnett Regional Council and Dalby Regional Council jurisdictions.
The Project[2]
- Total generation capacity of up to 500MW and annually, 1.7million megawatt hours.
- The wind farm will consist of up to 252 turbines extending across a series of ridge lines within the proposed site.
- The wind turbines proposed will be approximately 135m in height from the tower base to the tip of the blade. The tower
will be approximately 80m high, and the blades approximately 52 metres in length with a rotor diameter of 104 metres.
- The construction cost of the project will be over $1.2billion.
- The electricity generated from each turbine will be transmitted via underground or above ground cabling to a central cable marshalling point at the on site substation, which will be located next to the 220kv or 132kv power lines that run through the site area. The sub station will then connect directly into the grid network on site.
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