wind farm wind turbine at emu downs country australia location western australia coordinates 30 30 s 115 20 e 30.500 s 115.333 e 30.500 ; 115.333 coordinates 30 30 s 115 20 e 30.500 s 115.333 e 30.500 ; 115.333 status operational construction began november 2005 2005 11 commission date october 2006 2006 10 construction cost 180 million owner s apa group wind farm type onshore hub height 68.5 metres rotor diameter 82 metres power generation units operational 48 make and model vestas v82 nameplate capacity 80 mw average generation 262 gwh 2007 08 website http www.apa.com.au our business energy infrastructure western australia.aspx the emu downs wind farm 30 30 s 115 20 e 30.500 s 115.333 e 30.500 ; 115.333 is a 79.2 mw wind farm in western australia . it was a joint development between stanwell corporation and griffin energy . the site is approximately 200 kilometres north of perth near cervantes . construction of the 180 million project commenced in november 2005 and the project was commissioned in october 2006 . 1 emu downs consists of 48 vestas wind turbines each with 1.65 mw generating capacity a substation interconnection to the main 132 kv electricity grid administration and stores buildings and a network of access roads . the wind farm is close to the coast with a good quality wind resource that has increased wind speeds and reliability aligning with periods for peak power demand . 1 the wind farm provides electricity to run a desalination plant 260 km 160 mi to the south . the kwinana desalination plant located just south of perth turns water from the indian ocean into nearly 152 million litres 40 million gallons of drinking water per day . 2 emu downs is accredited under the australian government s renewable energy electricity act 2000 and as a green power generator by the sustainable energy development authority . 1 in june 2011 the wind farm was acquired by the apa group for 170 million from the failed griffin group . 3 references edit a b c emu downs wind farm pdf . apa group . retrieved 29 october 2013 . sullivan michael 18 june 2007 . australia turns to desalination amid water shortage . npr . retrieved 29 october 2013 . bennet michael 25 june 2011 . gas player apa s 170m emu downs wind farm buy confuses analysts . the australian . retrieved 29 october 2013 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to emu downs wind farm . official website v t e wind farms in australia new south wales blayney boco rock capital crookwell cullerin range gunning gullen hampton taralga woodlawn queensland windy hill south australia canunda cathedral rocks clements gap hallett lake bonney mount millar snowtown starfish hill waterloo wattle point tasmania huxley hill musselroe woolnorth victoria challicum hills codrington hepburn macarthur mount mercer portland toora waubra wonthaggi western australia albany collgar emu downs nine mile beach ten mile lagoon walkaway proposed wind farms archer point bald hills coopers gap crows nest kennedy energy park mount emerald silverton stockyard hill list of wind farms in australia v t e energy in western australia coal bluewaters collie kwinana muja worsley alumina gas cockburn dampier kwinana kwinana co gen mungarra neerabup newman pinjar pinjarra port hedland telfer gold mine wagerup major hydro ord river hydro wellington dam wind farms albany collgar emu downs nine mile beach ten mile lagoon walkaway companies alinta atco erm power griffin energy horizon power synergy verve energy western power rio tinto iron ore historical fremantle gas and coke company state electricity commission of western australia state energy commission of western australia western power corporation list of power stations in western australia retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title emu downs wind farm & oldid 662237643 categories wheatbelt western australia wind farms in western australiahidden categories use dmy dates from january 2015use australian english from january 2015all wikipedia articles written in australian englishcoordinates on wikidatacommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages afrikaans edit links this page was last modified on 14 may 2015 at 01 22 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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