Bodangora Wind Farm
Visited the Bodangora Wind Farm, owned by Iberdrola Australia (wikipedia entry here. It is located near Dubbo, has 33 turbines and capacity of 113.2 MW.
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This is the control room where we were briefed by Michael, the site manager. There was little wind that day so conditions were perfect for visiting (but not electricty generation).
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A section of one of their low power cables.
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Off to look at one of the wind turbines.
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These guys were doing maintenance on a turbine.
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Panoramas of the view.
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Obigatory group photos.
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Then we went to a site where we inspected a damaged blade (63.7m in length).
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