Lincoln Gap Wind Farm


The Lincoln Gap Wind Farm is a wind farm under construction in the vicinity of Lincoln Gap on northeastern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, Australia. It is proposed to consist of 59 wind turbines and generate a total of 212 MW of electricity. Construction began in late 2017 and was initially expected to be commissioned in late 2018. Construction was delayed in July 2018 when unexploded ordnance was discovered on the site, left from historic military testing. The site is not far from the Cultana Training Area.

Construction and commissioning

The wind farm was constructed by Senvion in two stages. The first stage was 35 turbines. In December 2018, it was expected to be operational by July 2019. Stage Two for the final 24 turbines received financial approval from Nexif Energy in December 2018. A 10 MW / 10 MW·h battery was expected to be completed in May 2019 by Fluence, with a proposal to later upgrade it to 30 MW. The output is contracted to retailer ERM Power. Some of the towers and turbines were erected using a tower crane similar to what is used to construct high-rise buildings.
The wind farm substation was connected to the national electricity grid on 25 February 2019. The energy storage battery was expected to be installed by the end of May 2019, with wind turbines commissioned from August 2019. The first turbine exported electricity to the grid in the last few days of April 2019.