The 57MW Cherry Tree wind farm near Seymour, in Victoria, is set to start sending power to the grid after the last of its turbines were installed, and the long-delayed project was energised.
Project owner John Laing said on Monday that the wind farm’s final turbine was erected on February 17, and the wind farm connected to the grid shortly after that on February 20.John Laing said the next phase would include the commissioning and testing of the substation infrastructure, wind turbines and the wind farm control systems before it was brought into operation.
The completion of Cherry Tree will also kick-start the off-take deal with Infigen Energy – which has been managing construction of the project – to buy all of the electricity it generates and on-sell it to the grid.
