The installation consists of 55 wind turbines covering 17.5 square kilometres (6.8 sq mi)and was built at a cost of 180 million Australian dollars.

The wind farm was officially opened by South Australian Premier Mike Rann and Southern Hydro Chairman, Dr Keith Turner.

Southern Hydro was owned by Meridian Energy of New Zealand until October 2005, when it was bought by the Australian Gas Light Company (AGL).

[6] The windfarm was acquired by Alinta in October 2006, as part of an asset merger with AGL, and subsequently by the ANZ Bank's Energy Infrastructure Trust, for 225 million dollars on 23 April 2007.

[7] The District Council of Yorke Peninsula approved a second wind farm, Wattle Point Stage 2.