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Bald Hills Wind Farm (BALDHWF1)

Wind · Bald Hills Wind Farm Pty Ltd · Wind Turbine - Onshore

Dispatch stats Financials
In Service VIC1 Wind - Wind NEM data · 24 hours
107 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
24 hours revenue
$0
Capacity factor
0.0%
Revenue / MWh
—
Est. SRMC
$0.00/MWh
MLF
0.9862

Stats window 03 Jun 2026 15:45 → 04 Jun 2026 15:45 AEST

Key information
Capacity
107 MW
Status In Service
Lifecycle Operating
Region VIC1
DUID BALDHWF1
Owner Bald Hills Wind Farm Pty Ltd
Commissioned —
Expected closure 2025-07-02
Closure date —
Technology Wind Turbine - Onshore
Fuel Wind - Wind
Turbine OEM —
Turbine model —

Dispatch & revenue

03 Jun 2026 15:45 → 04 Jun 2026 15:45 AEST

Revenue (× MLF)
$0
Dispatched
— MWh
Available
— MWh
Curtailed
— MWh
Curtailment
—
of available
MLF used
0.9862
end of period

Energy flow

Dispatch target (cleared) vs availability — 5‑minute intervals. VIC1 regional price (RRP) on right axis.

Revenue (× MLF)

Estimated $ per interval using regional RRP and MLF effective on each day.

Methodology & assumptions

  • Dispatch & availability — AEMO Next Day Dispatch UNIT_SOLUTION (5‑minute intervals). Intervention intervals excluded.
  • Regional price — dispatch_price RRP matched by settlement time and NEM region (from generator registry).
  • Revenue (× MLF) — cleared MW × (5/60 h) × RRP × MLF. Chart uses MLF effective on each interval’s date; summary total uses MLF as at the end of the selected period (same as the revenue list).
  • Curtailment — estimated economic curtailment when availability exceeds dispatch target: max(0, availability − cleared) × (5/60) MWh.
  • Not settlement — estimates only. AEMO settlement applies DLF, rebids, constraints, and other factors not modelled here.
MLF history (AEMO daily)
Effective fromMLF
2024-07-01 0.9848
2025-07-01 0.9862

Financial overview

2026 real AUD. Monetary values are CPI-adjusted to 2026 real Australian dollars. Greenfield capex uses AEMO benchmarks when plant-specific cost is unknown.
Type
Wind (onshore)
Capacity
107 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.00/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$300.00M

How this was derived
Local reporting at construction commencement provides the selected nominal capex figure. It appears to describe the full 52-turbine project, but does not provide a detailed cost breakdown.

Reference
It’s official – work has begun on Bald Hills Wind Farm (medium confidence)
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW
$2,814,259

How this was derived
Derived unit capex equals approximately AUD 2.81 million/MW using the reported project cost and official capacity.

Reference
It’s official – work has begun on Bald Hills Wind Farm (medium confidence)
Capex / MWh storage
—
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$3.09M

How this was derived
Annual fixed O&M is a derived technology-default estimate scaled to Bald Hills capacity.

Reference
2025 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review (medium confidence)
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$29,000

How this was derived
Technology benchmark used because Bald Hills site-level O&M cost accounts were not found publicly.

Reference
2025 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review (medium confidence)
Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.00

How this was derived
Variable O&M is set to zero as an incremental value because AEMO/GHD includes O&M in fixed opex for onshore wind.

Reference
2025 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review (medium confidence)
Fuel cost / GJ
$0.00

How this was derived
Wind is the energy source, so a fuel supply price per GJ is not applicable; zero is used for dispatch-cost modelling.

Reference
Wind energy (high confidence)
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

How this was derived
Heat rate is a thermal generator metric and is not meaningful for a wind turbine generator.

Reference
Wind energy (high confidence)

Confidence: medium · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 04 Jun 2026

Notes
Bald Hills is a 52 x 2.05 MW Senvion MM92 onshore wind farm with 106.6 MW total capacity, first export on 24 February 2015 and fully operational in May 2015. Publicly available project capex is conflicting: local reporting at construction start called it a $300 million project, while an ABC-sourced 2014 report described the project as $400 million and mentioned the 27 km grid-connection powerline; Power Technology reports $219.33m but the currency and basis are not clear. The financial_profile uses the $300 million nominal reported construction-start figure and flags medium confidence. Fixed and variable O&M, asset life and retirement/refurbishment assumptions are technology defaults from AEMO/GHD 2025 rather than Bald Hills financial accounts. Operational direct emissions and fuel cost are treated as zero for wind; heat rate and thermal efficiency are not meaningful for wind generation. Major operational/legal note: in March 2022 the Victorian Supreme Court ordered Bald Hills to abate night-time noise nuisance and pay $260,000 damages; this is an operating constraint/refurbishment-risk note, not a planned closure. No current public closure or repowering date was found.

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