Wonthaggi Wind Farm
Country	Australia
Location	Victoria
Coordinates	38°36′11″S 145°32′26″E / 38.60306°S 145.54056°E / -38.60306; 145.54056
Commission date	December 2005
Owner(s)	EDL Energy- serviced by Vestas
Wind farm
Distance from shore	700-900m
Hub height	69m
Rotor diameter	82m
Rated wind speed	25m/s [1]
Power generation
Units operational	6
Make and model	REpower: MM82
Nameplate capacity	12 MW
Annual net output	30 gigawatt hours (GWh)
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Wonthaggi wind farm is a wind power station at Wonthaggi in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. It has 6 wind turbines, with a total generating capacity of 12 MW of electricity.

Technical Details

Each of the turbines is a German made Senvion (formerly REpower) MM82 turbines, with a rotor diameter of 82m, and each nacelle sitting on an Australian made^[2] 69m tall tower.^[3] The farm is operated by eDL Energy Australia, and became operational in December 2005.

Blade Snapping Incident

In March 2012 one of the rotor blades snapped,^[4] Senvion (formerly REpower), the manufacturers of the turbine, replaced the blades. The fault was due to a manufacturing defect. ^[5]