Golden Plains
The Golden Plains Wind Farm, a state-significant project set to become Australia’s largest wind farm, represents a landmark in clean energy for Victoria and Australia, with plans to power over 765,000 homes. With a budget exceeding $3 billion, the project has secured approval for up to 228 wind turbines, and a 300 MW battery storage facility to bolster grid flexibility and stability. Integral to the wind farm is the Cressy Terminal Station, currently under construction, which will connect the farm to the national electricity grid.
300MVA
4x 300MVA 220/33kV TRANSFORMERS
3x 67 MVAr
STATCOMS 28kV
184km
UNDERGROUND CABLING
2x 50MVAr
FILTER BANKS 200kV
122x 6.2MW
WIND TURBINE GENERATORS (WTG’S)
890x
HIGH VOLTAGE TERMINATIONS
Project Overview
Designed to convert wind-generated energy to grid-compatible voltage, stabilize energy supply, and distribute electricity efficiently, the station enhances the wind farm’s capacity to deliver clean energy, aligning with regional renewable energy objectives.
Rapid advances in turbine technology will see the latest generation of 165 m rotors generate approximately 10-14% more electricity without exceeding a 230 m total tip height. The project will also feature a 300 MW battery storage facility that will add flexibility and stability to the grid.
CPP Scope of Works
Wind Farm
- 185km Underground HV Cable, fibre and earth reticulation, split into 18 Collector Groups
- Installation and termination of 26 x Nexans HV buried Junction Boxes and 22 x HV In-line Cable Joints
- Earthing and earth testing of 122 Vestas turbines
- Installation of 122 Vestas RMU’s including HV Terminations and fibre terminations in each of these turbines
Substation
- 4 x Siemens main transformers 220/33kV
- 2 x Control buildings with 33kV switchboards and protection panels
- 2 x 220kV Filter Banks and primary plant
- 2 x 220/28kV JSHP Reactor Plant Transformers and 3 complete reactor plant Bays, each reactive plant bay contains 3 Valve containers, a separate Control container and complete water-cooling system.
Deliverables
CPPs Entities
- CPP Design and Engineering
- CPI Panel building
- CPP Transmission Lines
- CPP Asset Management Services
- CPP Civil
- Construction
- Commissioning
Metrics
- 5000 Tendering and submission hours
- 45000+ Design hours
- 180000+ Construction Hours
- 4500 Commissioning hours
- 850+ MV Terminations
- 320 MV Cable Drums
- 186000m MV Cable trenching
- 40 CPI Panels
- 900+ Cable tests
- 4x 150/150 MVA Power Transformers 320t each
- 2x 220MVA Statcom Transformers
- 3x 67MVAr Statcom Filters
- 2x 50MVAr 220kV Filter Banks
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