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Welcome to
Lal Lal Wind Farms

780,000T

Low emissions contribution

228mw

Generation capacity

A$100k

Annual Community contribution

60

Turbines

Powering Australia’s renewable future.

 

Lal Lal Wind Farms is a 60 turbine development in Victoria that is contributing strongly to Australia’s renewable energy future.

Once operational, the wind farm will generate enough energy to power 95,000 homes, save 780,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually and help sustain the nation’s renewable energy needs.

Lal Lal Wind Farms is a 228-megawatt development built across 2,100 hectares of land in the Moorabool Shire, occupying sites at Yendon and Elaine near Ballarat.

We use the highest quality materials, operate using best practice processes, invest in the latest technology and attract talented people, resulting in sophisticated and efficient wind energy generation.

Harnessing power from wind.

Lal Lal Wind Farm (comprising the Elaine and Yendon sites) connect into the National Electricity Grid. This is an interconnected grid that covers Queensland, New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.

The National Electricity Grid is supplied with electricity from a large number of geographically and technologically diverse generators including renewable energy and gas and coal-fired power stations. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) manages the system to ensure that a mix of generators and storage technologies are available to meet electricity demand.

Below are some reasons that wind turbines at Lal Lal Wind Farm may not be rotating;

  • General maintenance: Similar to when you service your car, wind turbines are no different and require maintenance over the year. We have 60 turbines at Lal Lal across Elaine and Yendon. Our technicians are servicing turbines throughout the year. During maintenance we have to switch the turbine/s off so we can undertake our work safely. We also need to undertake maintenance on sub stations and other equipment associated with the wind farm. 
     
  • Negative pricing: Prices in the Australian energy wholesale market is determined by supply and demand.  At times, turbines may not be operating when demand for electricity is low and the supply of electricity is high. This tends to occur during the day when solar projects are generating electricity. When this happens, our turbines might not operate. Our wind turbines turn on and off automatically in response to this which can be many times in a day at certain times.  
  • Grid Curtailment:  With Lal Lal connected to the National Electricity Grid, when there is too much electricity in the grid, AEMO will curtail the output of power from generators (such as our turbines at Lal Lal) and during this time turbines might not operate.

Harnessing power
from wind.

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  1. November Project Update

    November 15th, 2017 Read full update
  2. Community Bulletin, April 2018

    April 10th, 2018 Read full update
  3. Response on Selection of Peer Reviewer

    April 19th, 2018 Read full update
  4. Lal Lal Wind Farms Pre-construction noise assessment report – AECOM

    May 8th, 2018 Read full update
  5. Lal Lal Wind Farms Pre-construction noise assessment report – Sonus

    May 9th, 2018 Read full update
  6. Community Bulletin, May 2018

    May 10th, 2018 Read full update
  7. Changes to Funding Model for Lal Lal Wind Farms

    June 19th, 2018

    Macquarie Capital closes project financing and innovative commercial arrangement for Lal Lal Wind Farms

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  8. Construction Timetable

    June 29th, 2018 Read full update
  9. Community Bulletin, July 2018

    July 4th, 2018 Read full update
  10. Community Bulletin, September 2018

    September 14th, 2018 Read full update
  11. Community Bulletin, November 2018

    November 6th, 2018 Read full update
  12. Community bulletin, Turbine Component Transportation, Nov 2018

    November 24th, 2018 Read full update
  13. Noise Complaints Investigation and Response Plan

    December 12th, 2018 Read full update
  14. Grievance Mechanism for NCIRP

    December 20th, 2018

    Grievance Mechanism Diagram V5

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  15. Yendon Egerton Road closures, crane lift

    February 1st, 2019 Read full update
  16. Spreadeagle Road Closure

    April 4th, 2019 Read full update
  17. Duggans Lane Road Closure

    April 5th, 2019 Read full update
  18. May 2019 community bulletin

    May 15th, 2019 Read full update
  19. Noise Complaints Investigation and Response Plan

    June 14th, 2019 Read full update
  20. Road closure for Horsehill Road Elaine May 2019

    June 17th, 2019 Read full update
  21. Community Bulletin, July 2019

    June 27th, 2019 Read full update
  22. Final turbine erected at Yendon site

    July 29th, 2019

    All 38 turbines have now been erected at the Yendon site. 3 out of 22 turbines have been erected at Elaine. A full construction update will be provided in the Community Bulletin for September 2019.

  23. Community Benefit Fund event

    August 7th, 2019

    The Lal Lal Wind Farms Community Benefit Fund annual event was held on 7 August 2019 at the Lal Lal Soldiers Memorial Hall.

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  24. Horsehill Road South and Horsehill Road West closure, August 2019

    August 10th, 2019 Read full update
  25. Horsehill Road closure, September 2019

    September 9th, 2019 Read full update
  26. Blade Incident Yendon 15th Sep 2019

    September 23rd, 2019 Read full update
  27. Maintenance of local roads update

    September 30th, 2019 Read full update
  28. Community Bulletin, July 2023

    July 10th, 2023 Read full update

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Unauthorised access strictly prohibited

Lal Lal Wind Farms turbines are located on private land. Unauthorised entry to the wind farm is strictly prohibited. For safety reasons, turbine hardstands are only to be accessed by authorised personnel trespasses will be reported to the police.

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