Cherry Tree Wind Farm

Cherry Tree Wind Farm is a small wind farm located approximately 15 km south-east of Seymour, Victoria.^[1] The 16 turbine, 57.6 MW farm was developed and constructed by Infigen Energy for John Laing Group. Construction started in January 2019 and was operational in June 2020. The wind farm is expected to generate 182 GWh on average annually, for a capacity factor of 36%.^[1]

Cherry Tree Wind Farm
Country	Australia
Location	South of Seymour, Victoria
Coordinates	37.10°S 145.26°E / -37.10; 145.26
Status	Operational
Construction began	January 2019
Commission date	June 2020
Owner	John Laing Group
Operator	Vestas
Wind farm
Type	Onshore
Hub height	91 m (299 ft)
Rotor diameter	136 m (446 ft)
Rated wind speed	13 m/s (43 ft/s)
Power generation
Units operational	16 × 3.6 MW
Make and model	Vestas V136
Nameplate capacity	57.6 MW
Capacity factor	38.41% (2020-2021)
Annual net output	193.8 GWh (2020-2021)

Operations

The wind farm began grid commissioning in May 2020 and was fully commissioned in June 2020 and has operated continuously since then. The generation table uses eljmkt nemlog to obtain generation values for each month.

Cherry Tree Wind Farm Generation (MWh)

Year	Total	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	121,881	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9,082*	8,396*	15,778	16,703	18,441	18,139	17,074	18,268
2021		18,526	16,223	15,450	10,556	14,463	14,179	15,350	12,655	12,777

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