Dundonnell Wind Farm

Construction began in January 2019 and was completed in 2020 with 80 Vestas wind turbines with a capacity to generate 336MW of electricity.

[1] The drive trains and hubs were assembled at the former Ford Australia site in Geelong.

[2] The wind farm has contracts to supply 37% of its output to the government of Victoria and 50% to Snowy Hydro.

[3] The wind farm connects to the grid via 38 kilometres of 220kV overhead transmission line to a substation near the Mortlake Power Station.

[6] The developer spent $80 million to connect the wind farm to the main 500 kV grid via a 38 km 220 kV Ausnet line, avoiding the connection problems many other generating stations have in the interior.