Tasmania's Turbines

I recently read about the Cattle Hill Wind Farm which is currently under construction in the Central Highlands of Tasmania. It will have 48 turbines and is due for completion later this year.

Reading about this piqued my curiosity about other wind farms in Tasmania, as the only one I have ever visited is at Woolnorth in the far north-west of the state. Bluff Point and Studland Bay Wind Farms is Tasmania's largest wind farm so far with 62 turbines, and it was commissioned in stages between 2002 and 2007.

I took these photographs at Woolnorth in 2016

Granville Harbour Wind Farm is on Tasmania's west coast, 25 kms north-west of Zeehan. It will have 31 turbines when it is completed, also later this year.

Musselroe Wind Farm in the far north-east of Tasmania has 56 turbines and was commissioned in 2013. King Island has the Huxley Hill Wind Farm with 3 turbines commissioned in 1998 and the Flinders Island Wind Farm has 2 turbines which were commissioned in 1988 and 1996.

And another island just off the north-west coast of Tasmania will host the Robbins Island Wind Farm. This isn't scheduled for commission until 2023 but it will have up to a whopping 300 turbines!

I have always been fascinated by wind farms and I don't mind the look of the turbines in areas where the landscape is remote and the views are generally spectacular.

The views from the Woolnorth turbines

So, I guess Tasmania is really pulling its weight when it comes to producing wind power.

Source: https://ramblingsdc.net/Australia/WindTas.html