AGL Energy said that it has entered into agreements for the construction of the 132MW Hallett-4 wind farm at North Brown Hill in South Australia.
According to the company, the Hallett-4 wind farm will consist of sixty-three 2.1MW S88 V3 turbines to be purchased from Suzlon Energy Australia.
The Hallett-4 site is located 220km north of Adelaide and immediately north of the Hallett-1 wind farm that was commissioned in June 2008. The long-term average wind speed at Hallett-4 is estimated to be greater than 8.5m/s, similar to the wind conditions prevailing at Hallett-1 and at the Hallett-2 wind farm currently under construction.
The company has entered into a turnkey engineering, procurement and construction contract and supply agreement with Suzlon. AGL said that it has further options with Suzlon to construct either the Hallett-3 or Oaklands Hill wind farms at average turbine prices similar to those for Hallett-4. If AGL commits to the construction of both Hallett-3 and Oaklands Hill wind farms, a further volume discount will be available from Suzlon.
Michael Fraser, AGL managing director, said: AGL is one among Australia’s operator and developers of renewable energy assets. When the wind farms at Hallett-2 and Hallett-4 are completed we will control the operation of almost 1,300MW of renewable energy capacity in Australia.
AGL is engaged in integrated renewable energy services. The company has a diverse power generation portfolio including base, peaking and intermediate generation plants, spread across traditional thermal generation as well as renewable sources including hydro, wind, landfill gas and biomass.
