[1] In October 2022 the project completed its hold point tests, and was approved by the Australian Energy Market Operator and Network Services Provider to generate up to its maximum capacity of 511MW into the National Electricity Market.
In May 2017, Origin sold the development to Goldwind Australia for A$110 million and signed a power purchase agreement to buy the electricity and Renewable Energy Certificates for less than A$60/MWh.
[2] The facility consists of 149 approved wind turbines at a site approximately 35km west of Ballarat between Beaufort and Skipton.
[7] The final turbine installation occurred in December 2020 and operations began in July 2021.
[8] The farm is projected to generate 1900 GWh of energy annually,[10] at a corresponding capacity factor of about 40.9%.