STAGE one of Murra Warra Wind Farm is more than half finished.
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There are 38 out of 61 turbines up at the site. Of those, 35 have been commissioned and are generating power.
Each blade measures 70.5 metres in length. Towers are 211 metres-high from base to tip making them the tallest turbines in Australia.
Project spokeswoman Susan Findlay Tickner said two turbines went up each week on average, depending on wind and weather.
RES Australia developed and is the construction and asset manager of the farm. The farm is owned by global private markets investment manager Partners Group.
RES Construction project manager Anthony Berzi said he was pleased with the project's progress.
"Murra Warra is a world class project which will be one of the highest performing wind farms in the southern hemisphere," he said.
He said there were about 100 workers at the site and the project was on track to be completed in the first quarter of 2020.
Worker numbers at the site peaked at 202 in February 2019 with the simultaneous construction of the terminal station.
Stage one of the farm started in March 2018.
Once all 61 stage one turbines are operational, they will generate enough electricity to power 220,000 Victorian homes each year.
This represents a C02 emissions reduction of approximately 900,000 tonnes per year or the equivalent of removing 320,000 cars from roads each year.
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