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May 19, 2021
MELBOURNE, Australia, May 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Together with RATCH-Australia, Alinta Energy and the Western Australian government, Vestas celebrates the official operation of Yandin Wind Farm, the state s biggest wind farm. Having successfully delivered the project s engineering procurement and construction, Vestas now looks forward to providing the wind farm s service and maintenance for the next 25 years.
Featuring 51 of Vestas V150-4.2 MW wind turbines, Yandin Wind Farm will generate up to 214 MW of clean energy. This will power approximately 200,000 households across Western Australia each year.
Vestas led the project s construction in July 2019, with more than 50,000 tonnes of turbines and machinery estimated to have been transported to site. Requiring close to 1 million hours of labour, the project generated around 150 local jobs over the course of the build. In addition, around a dozen employees will be based in Dandaragan to ensure efficient operation of