Our generation
Mt Millar Wind Farm
(Owned by Meridian Energy)Location: Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Output: Approximately 180 GWh of renewable energy each year (35 turbines).
That means: Enough to power around 36,000* households.
Humble brag: The Mt Millar Wind Farm was the first wind farm in South Australia to use direct drive turbines that don’t have gear boxes.
Mt Mercer Wind Farm
(Owned by Meridian Energy)Location: Mount Mercer, Victoria
Output:Approximately 400 GWh of renewable energy each year (64 turbines).
That means: Enough to power around 80,000* households.
Humble brag: The power that’s generated at Mt Mercer is enough to result in a reduction of some 510,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Salt Creek Wind Farm
(PPA)Location: Woorndoo, Victoria
Output: Annual output of 172 GWh.
That means: It will have capacity to power around 34,000* homes.
Humble brag: A 2012 study found that for every 50 MW in capacity, a wind farm delivers $250,000 per year for farmers in land rental income and $80,000 on community projects each year.
Crudine Ridge Wind Farm
(PPA)Location: Pyramul, NSW
Output: Crudine Ridge will produce approximately 414 GWh of renewable energy.
That means: Once operational, it will generate enough energy for around 80,000* homes.
Humble brag: The estimated annual greenhouse gas savings from the Crudine Ridge project is 325,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
Hume Hydro
(Owned by Meridian Energy)Location: Hume Dam, Murray River, NSW
Output: Approximately 203 GWh of renewable energy each year.
That means: Enough to power around 40,000* households.
Humble brag: Hydro power accounted for 33.9 per cent of the renewable electricity produced in Australia in 2017.
Burrinjuck Hydro
(Owned by Meridian Energy)Location: Burrinjuck Dam, Murrimbidgee River, NSW
Output: Approximately 81 GWh of renewable energy each year.
That means: Enough to power around 16,000* households.
Humble brag: The dam is about 60 kilometres south-west of Yass. Unfortunately, the cast of Queer Eye did not visit when they were filming in Yass. We did offer though.
Keepit Hydro
(Owned by Meridian Energy)Location: Namoi River, NSW
Output: Approximately 10 GWh of renewable energy each year.
That means: Enough to power around 2,000* households.
Humble brag: Hydroelectricity doesn’t consume any water; all the water goes back into the river after use.
Blue Rock Hydro
(PPA)Location: Tanjil, Victoria
Output: About 9GWh of renewable energy every year.
That means: Enough to power around 1,800* households.
Humble brag: Signing the Blue Rock PPA, and other PPAs in 2018 helped us to drop prices for our customers across Australia.
*Based on an average household usage of 5MWh p.a.