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Sapphire Wind Farm

Sapphire Wind Farm
Country	Australia
Location	Swan Vale, New South Wales
Coordinates	29°42′S 151°25′E / 29.70°S 151.41°E / -29.70; 151.41
Status	Operational
Construction began	January 2017
Commission date	December 2017
Construction cost	A$590m
Operator(s)	CWP Renewables
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Hub height	137 metres (449 ft)
Rotor diameter	126 metres (413 ft)
Site area	8,921 hectares (89.21 km2)
Site elevation	750 to 1,100 metres (2,460 to 3,610 ft)
Power generation
Units operational	75 × 3.6 MW
Make and model	Vestas V126
Nameplate capacity	270 MW
Capacity factor	33.50% (average 2019-2023)
Annual net output	744 GWh (average 2019-2023)
External links
Website	https://www.sapphirewindfarm.com.au/
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Sapphire Wind Farm is a 270 megawatt (MW) wind farm in the Australian state of New South Wales. When it was built in 2018, it was the largest wind farm in New South Wales. It is located in the New England region of northern New South Wales, 28 kilometres east of Inverell and 18 kilometres west of Glen Innes.^[1] The farm covers approximately 8921 hectares of cleared grazing land, and has an elevation of about 750 to 1100m.^[2] It is north of the Gwydir Highway. The White Rock and Glen Innes Wind Farms are south of the highway closer to Glen Innes.^[3] It is intended to be colocated with a 200 MW solar farm.^[4] The wind farm contains 75 Vestas V126 turbines, each of which can generate 3.6 MW of electricity. They each have a 137 metre hub height and 126 metre rotor diameter.^[5] The project is approved to build up to 109 wind turbines.^[6]

The wind farm began grid commissioning in February 2018 and was fully commissioned in November 2018^[1] and has operated continuously since then. The generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month.

Note: Asterisk indicates power output was limited during the month.