MURRA Warra Wind Farm is rapidly taking shape with the first tower being constructed at the site.
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A 960 tonne Leibherr crane can lift 750 tonnes and is 153 metres high.
Murra Warra Wind Farm spokeswoman Susan Findlay Tickner said the Austrian-made crane took two days to move from site-to-site.
“There are currently two towers being worked on at the moment. There are three components that have gone onto one of them and three more pieces – the hub, the nacelle and the blades – to go,” she said.
“The crane has to be dismantled each time it finishes one tower and moves on to the next.”
Ms Findlay Tickner said she wasn’t sure when the first tower would be completed.
The first blades and components for the towers made their way by truck from Portland to Murra Warra last week.
“Components are blades are still coming through and will be until late January or early February,” she siad.
“Only one blade and two component parts can be taken each day, so it will take a bit of time.”
Each blade measures 70.5 metre-long blade. Once completely constructed, each wind tower will measure 211 metres-high from base to tip.
The travel route for the blades will be through Heywood, Hamilton, Coleraine, Harrow, Nhill and Dimboola to Murra Warra.
The tower section transportation route will be from Portland through Heywood, Hamilton, Cavendish, Mooralla, Cherrypool, Mockinya and then diverting to the west of Horsham to Pimpino and Dimboola.
They will then travel along the Borung Highway and Dimboola-Minyip Road through to the site.
The first stage of farm will comprise of 61 turbines, while the second stage will consist of 55 turbines.
Construction started on the 429 megawatt farm in March. Once completed, the first stage of the farm will supply enough energy to power 220,000 homes.
Overhead power liens were strung by helicopter at the site in late November.
The wind farm is expected create up to 300 construction jobs during the build and about 10 operational jobs during the first phase.
Companies such as Telstra, Coca-Cola Amatil, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, the University of Melbourne and Monash University have already entered into long-term power purchase agreements
