Golden Plains Wind Farm East (GPWFEST2)

Wind · Golden Plains WF1 Pty Ltd as trustee for the Golden Plains WF1 Unit Trust · Wind Turbine - Onshore

Dispatch stats Financials
Commissioning AEMO: In Commissioning VIC1 Wind - Wind NEM data · 30 days
260 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
30 days revenue
$1.43M
Capacity factor
22.5%
Revenue / MWh
$33.94
Est. SRMC
$0.50/MWh

Energy flow

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

Key information
Capacity
260 MW

AEMO status In Commissioning
Project status Commissioning (AI)

AEMO register snippet shows Golden Plains Wind Farm East listed as "In Commissioning"; project website says East commenced construction in Q1 2023 and is still under delivery.

Region VIC1
Coordinates —

MLF 0.9834
DUID GPWFEST2
Owner Golden Plains WF1 Pty Ltd as trustee for the Golden Plains WF1 Unit Trust
Commissioned Dec 2025
Expected closure 2055
Closure date —
Technology Wind Turbine - Onshore
Fuel Wind - Wind
Turbine OEM —
Turbine model —
Stats window
14 May 2026 23:45 → 13 Jun 2026 23:45 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

14 May 2026 23:45 → 13 Jun 2026 23:45 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$1.43M
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$0
FCAS volume
— MWh
Dispatched
42,143.8 MWh
Available
56,315.1 MWh
Curtailed
14,480.3 MWh
Curtailment
25.7%
of available
MLF used
0.9834
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
2024-08-06 0.9808
2025-07-01 0.9834

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
260 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.50/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$2,183.41M

Shown in table
$2,183.41M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$2,000.00M (2023 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Owner/developer press release gives a project-specific greenfield construction cost for stage one (Golden Plains Wind Farm East).

Reference
TagEnergy breaks ground on Golden Plains Wind Farm mega-project (high confidence)
Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$8,384,816

Shown in table
$8.38M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$7.68M (2023 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Per-MW cost is derived from the reported stage-one total cost and stage capacity, then applied as a rough indication for the DUID.

Reference
TagEnergy breaks ground on Golden Plains Wind Farm mega-project (medium confidence)
Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX (annual)
—
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr default
$55,000

Shown in table
$55.0k (2026 real AUD)
Variable OPEX / MWh default
$0.50

Shown in table
$0.50 (2026 real AUD)
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: high · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 08 Jun 2026

Notes
Project-specific owner/developer announcement states Golden Plains Wind Farm East is the $2 billion, 756 MW first stage of the Golden Plains Wind Farm mega-project, with construction commencing in 2023. The unit’s registered capacity is 260.4 MW, so capex_per_mw_aud is allocated on a simple pro-rata basis from the stage-level project cost; this may not reflect unit-specific expenditure. Onshore wind operating costs were not found in a plant-specific source, so O&M fields are left null rather than substituting benchmarks.

Sources