Bald Hills Wind Farm (BALDHWF1)

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

Dispatch stats Financials
Operational AEMO: 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

Energy flow

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

Key information
Capacity
107 MW
AEMO status In Service
Project status Operational (AI)

Region VIC1
MLF 0.9862
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 —
Stats window
03 Jun 2026 17:50 → 04 Jun 2026 17:50 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

03 Jun 2026 17:50 → 04 Jun 2026 17:50 AEST

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

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

Shown in table
$300.00M (2026 real AUD)

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)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$2,814,259

Shown in table
$2.81M (2026 real AUD)

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)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$3.09M

Shown in table
$3.09M (2026 real AUD)

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)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$29,000

Shown in table
$29.0k (2026 real AUD)

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)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.00

Shown in table
$0.00 (2026 real AUD)

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)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
Fuel cost / GJ
$0.00

Shown in table
$0.00 (2026 real AUD)

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)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026
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)
Source recorded 04 Jun 2026

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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