Huxley Hill Wind Farm
Huxley Hill Wind Farm (also known as the King Island Wind Farm) is a wind power station at King Island, Tasmania, Australia, of around 1600 residents, owned by Hydro Tasmania, which supplements the four diesel generators with a combined capacity of 6 MW at Currie Power Station. King Island also has a 100 kW solar capacity provided with monocrystaline solar panels on dual-axis arrays.
| Huxley Hill Wind Farm | |
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Location of Huxley Hill Wind Farm in Tasmania | |
| Country | Australia |
| Location | King Island, Tasmania |
| Coordinates | 39.94127825°S 143.87395767°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1998 |
| Owner(s) | Hydro Tasmania |
| Wind farm | |
| Type | onshore |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 3 X 250 kW 2 X 850 |
| Make and model | Nordex N26 Vestas |
| Nameplate capacity | 2.5 MW |
The wind farm started generating in 1998, initially with three 250 kW Nordex N26 wind turbines at a cost of $2.5 M ($3,300/kW), then in 2003 with two 850 kW Vestas Turbines, to provide a total wind generating capacity of 2.5 MW of electricity. Wind generation provides around 35% of the annual generation.
As a declared Community Service Obligation, the Tasmanian Government provides around $7 million per annum in funding support for the electricity supply equivalent to around $2,500 per resident per annum.