Golden Plains Wind Farm East (GPWFEST3)

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 · 24 hours
248 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
24 hours revenue
$-14.1k
Capacity factor
56.0%
Revenue / MWh
$-4.23
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
248 MW

AEMO status In Commissioning
Project status Commissioning (AI)

AEMO register snippet says Golden Plains Wind Farm East is "In Commissioning"; project website says East commenced construction in Q1 2023 and is under construction/commissioning.

Region VIC1
Coordinates —

MLF 0.9834
DUID GPWFEST3
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 —
Equipment confidence low
Stats window
12 Jun 2026 14:05 → 13 Jun 2026 14:05 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

12 Jun 2026 14:05 → 13 Jun 2026 14:05 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)
$-14.1k
FCAS revenue (× MLF)
$0
FCAS volume
— MWh
Dispatched
3,335.3 MWh
Available
3,139.4 MWh
Curtailed
260.3 MWh
Curtailment
8.3%
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
248 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$0.50/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$3,275.11M

Shown in table
$3,275.11M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$3,000.00M (2023 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Official project website states the development cost for the project is $3 billion plus; used here as project-specific reported capex for Stage 1.

Reference
About Golden Plains Wind Farm (high confidence)
Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$13,206,085

Shown in table
$13.21M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$12.10M (2023 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Stage 1 capacity is 756 MW; dividing the reported $3 billion floor by 756 MW yields the implied per-MW figure.

Reference
Golden Plains Wind Farm East - Project Updates (high confidence)
Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX (annual)
$7.69M

Shown in table
$7.69M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$7.36M (2024 nominal)
Table total may differ if recalculated from $/MW × registered capacity after CPI adjustment.

How this was derived
Annual fixed O&M scaled to the generator's registered capacity of 248 MW per the user-provided site data.

Reference
2024 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review (high confidence)
Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr
$30,995

Shown in table
$31.0k (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$29.4k (2024 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
AEMO/Aurecon benchmark fixed O&M for onshore wind used as fallback.

Reference
2024 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review (high confidence)
Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Variable OPEX / MWh default
$0.50

Shown in table
$0.50 (2026 real AUD)

How this was derived
The benchmark report does not provide a separate variable O&M value for wind; it is effectively embedded in fixed O&M for the wind case presented.

Reference
2024 Energy Technology Cost and Technical Parameter Review (high confidence)
Source recorded 08 Jun 2026
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

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

Notes
Project-specific capex was reported by the project website as a '$3 billion plus' development cost for the Golden Plains Wind Farm, with Stage 1 (Golden Plains Wind Farm East, 756 MW) commencing construction in January 2023. Because the source is stated as 'plus', the capex_total_aud is set to the conservative floor of $3.0 billion and capex_per_mw_aud is calculated on the 756 MW Stage 1 capacity, not the full 1,330 MW precinct. Fixed O&M uses AEMO/Aurecon 2024 onshore wind benchmark of $29,383/MW-year; variable O&M is included in the fixed component per the benchmark source.

Sources