2019

The Cattle Hill Wind Farm has officially spun to life, with the first Goldwind turbine connected to the Tasmanian transmission network and generating electricity. Goldwind Managing Director John Titchen said Friday’s ceremony was a very exciting day in the life of the project. “When fully operational, the Cattle Hill Wind Farm will generate enough clean…

The first Australian mine to use wind generation as part of a large hybrid renewable microgrid. Goldwind today announced the first Goldwind wind turbine components have arrived on site for the construction of the wind farm for the Agnew Hybrid Renewable Project at Gold Fields’ Agnew Mine, located in Western Australia’s northern goldfields region. Goldwind…

25 September 2019 Goldwind Australia and IdentiFlight today announced installation of the IdentiFlight technology is complete and the technology is ready for the learning period at Cattle Hill Wind Farm in the Central Highlands of Tasmania. IdentiFlight’s tower-mounted optical units are designed to detect flying objects and then use algorithms to identify them as eagles.…

26 July 2019 The substation and transmission line to link to the Cattle Hill Wind Farm to the transmission network has been completed and energised by TasNetworks. Goldwind Australia Managing Director, John Titchen, said the substation’s completion is a major milestone for the project. “Goldwind is pleased to be partnering with TasNetworks to achieve successful…

19th July 2019 Goldwind and UNSW Sydney celebrated the award of Goldwind’s research funding for the UNSW Digital Grid Futures Institute, and the opening of the Goldwind – UNSW Joint Laboratory at University’s Sydney campus. Goldwind and UNSW’s collaborative partnership commenced in 2017. Throughout the partnership, Goldwind has committed approximately $1.4 million in funding, supporting…

Goldwind has been awarded a contract for the supply and installation of Goldwind wind turbines for the Biala Wind Farm project in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales. The wind farm, owned by *BJCE Australia, will consist of 31 x GW140/3.57MW Goldwind wind turbines at 110 metre hub height and 108.5 megawatts installed capacity.…

Goldwind today announced it has entered an agreement with Energy Developments Pty Ltd (EDL) to deliver the wind farm project at the Gold Fields Agnew Gold Mine hybrid renewable energy project in the northern goldfields region of Western Australia. The Agnew project, which received funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) as part of…

Goldwind announced it has entered an agreement with Advanced Circular Polymers to provide renewable energy for Australia’s largest plastics recycling plant in Somerton Victoria. Power for the recycling plant will be provided by Goldwind’s Moorabool Wind Farm project, currently being constructed 25km south east of Ballarat. The recycling plant, which has been part-funded by the…

Goldwind announced today Gradco has completed $10 million of road upgrades to existing roads within the Central Highlands region of Tasmania. Gradco, a Tasmanian company based in Launceston, was engaged by Goldwind in mid-2018 to undertake works to facilitate the delivery of wind turbine components and associated equipment to the Cattle Hill Wind Farm site.…

Goldwind announced today it has appointed Crisp Bros. & Haywards (Haywards) for a major tower supply contract for Cattle Hill Wind Farm. “We are extremely pleased to partner with Haywards for the local production of tower components. Twenty per cent of the tower components required for the 48 Goldwind turbines at Cattle Hill Wind Farm…