Elaine Wind Farm (ELAINWF1)

Wind · Northleaf /InfraRed/Macquarie Capital · Wind Turbine - Onshore

Dispatch stats Financials
Operational AEMO: In Service VIC1 Wind - Wind NEM data · 30 days
84 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
30 days revenue
$473.5k
Capacity factor
28.0%
Revenue / MWh
$28.14
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
84 MW

AEMO status In Service
Project status Operational (AI)

Atmos Renewables project page (2024) describes Lal Lal Wind Farms – Elaine as an operating site; Commissioned 2020-12-01.

Region VIC1
Coordinates -37.74100, 143.67700 (AI)

RenewEconomy (2018) and Lal Lal Wind Farms site indicate the Elaine section is 2 km north of Elaine, Victoria; approximate site centroid inferred from project area near Elaine Terminal Station.

MLF 0.9569
DUID ELAINWF1
Owner Northleaf /InfraRed/Macquarie Capital
Commissioned Dec 2020
Expected closure 2049
Closure date —
Technology Wind Turbine - Onshore
Fuel Wind - Wind
Turbine OEM Vestas
Turbine model V136/3450
Equipment confidence high
Stats window
14 May 2026 23:40 → 13 Jun 2026 23:40 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

14 May 2026 23:40 → 13 Jun 2026 23:40 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$473.5k
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$0
FCAS volume
— MWh
Dispatched
16,828.8 MWh
Available
18,918.2 MWh
Curtailed
2,249.1 MWh
Curtailment
11.9%
of available
MLF used
0.9569
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.
  • 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 0.9475
2025-07-01 0.9569

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
84 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.53/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$194.01M

Shown in table
$194.01M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$183.92M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$2,320,675

Shown in table
$2.32M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$2.20M (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).
Fixed OPEX (annual)
—
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr default
$55,000

Shown in table
$55.0k (2026 real AUD)
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
Retained user-provided fallback default because no plant-specific variable O&M was found in the extracted sources.
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: medium · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: default · AI checked 07 Jun 2026

Notes
No reliable project-specific greenfield capex announcement was found for Elaine Wind Farm itself. The asset is part of the Lal Lal Wind Farms complex (Elaine 84 MW + Yendon 144 MW), but available sources identified ownership, capacity and operational status rather than total construction cost. As a fallback, the wind OPEX value from AEMO/Aurecon 2024 technical parameter review is not fully extracted here due to ambiguity in the retrieved lines; fixed OPEX should be reviewed against the source before use.

Sources