Challicum Hills (CHALLHWF)

Wind · Pacific Hydro Challicum Hills Pty Ltd · Wind Turbine - Onshore

Dispatch stats Financials
AEMO: removed VIC1 Wind - Wind NEM data · 7 days
53 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
7 days revenue
$47.9k
Capacity factor
16.9%
Revenue / MWh
$32.02
Est. SRMC
$0.53/MWh

Energy flow

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

Key information
Capacity
53 MW

AEMO status removed
Project status — (AI)

Region VIC1
Coordinates —

MLF 0.9791
DUID CHALLHWF
Owner Pacific Hydro Challicum Hills Pty Ltd
Commissioned —
Expected closure 2025
Closure date —
Technology Wind Turbine - Onshore
Fuel Wind - Wind
Turbine OEM —
Turbine model —
Stats window
18 Sep 2026 05:05 → 25 Sep 2026 05:05 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

18 Sep 2026 05:05 → 25 Sep 2026 05:05 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$47.9k
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$0
FCAS volume
— MWh
Dispatched
1,494.8 MWh
Available
— MWh
Curtailed
— MWh
Curtailment
—
of available
MLF used
0.9791
end of period

Revenue (× MLF)

Estimated $ per interval — energy (RRP) and FCAS (regional FCAS prices), both × MLF.

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).
  • Energy revenue (× MLF) — cleared MW × (5/60 h) × RRP × MLF.
  • FCAS revenue & volume — cleared FCAS MW from DISPATCHLOAD (raise/lower 6s, 60s, 5min, reg) × (5/60 h) × regional FCAS price × MLF. Volume is total FCAS enablement MWh across services.
  • State of charge — INITIAL_ENERGY_STORAGE (MWh at interval start) from UNIT_SOLUTION, published for bidirectional/storage units. Next-day data — the SOC line lags real time by up to a day.
  • 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 0.9718
2025-07-01 0.9825
2026-07-01 0.9791

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
53 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.53/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$143.94M

Shown in table
$143.94M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$76.00M (2002 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Official owner site reports the original project cost as A$76 million.

Reference
Challicum Hills wind farm | Pacific Blue (high confidence)
Source recorded 06 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$2,741,703

Shown in table
$2.74M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1.45M (2002 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Per-MW capex derived from the reported total cost and registered capacity.

Reference
Challicum Hills wind farm | Pacific Blue (high confidence)
Source recorded 06 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX (annual)
—
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr default
$55,000

Shown in table
$55.0k (2026 real AUD)

How this was derived
Searches found the plant page and cost references, but no reliable owner/government source for fixed O&M at this site.
Variable OPEX / MWh
$0.53

Shown in table
$0.53 (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$0.50 (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
No site-specific variable O&M source found; fallback preserved for wind_onshore.
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: high · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 06 Jun 2026

Notes
Pacific Blue states Challicum Hills was completed in August 2003 and that construction commenced in October 2002. The reported A$76 million project cost is treated as greenfield original construction cost. No plant-specific fixed O&M figure was found, so the internal fallback was not used to populate fixed OPEX here because the instructions prefer search-backed values only.

Sources