AusNet engaged a specialist helicopter crew to string conductor wires along 16 kilometres of the transmission line from the Hawkesdale Wind Farm, owned by Global Power Generation Australia, to the Tarrone Terminal Station.
This 97-megawatt wind farm will add power for 67,000 houses annually into the National Energy Market (NEM) electricity grid.
Helicopter stringing, or heli-stringing is a faster alternative to land-based methods and uses significantly less ground infrastructure and heavy machinery.
AusNet Chief Development Officer Jon D’Sylva said this work is part of a broader project to connect the Ryan Corner and Hawkesdale Wind Farms in the south west of Victoria into the energy grid.
“We are working with Elecnor to design, build and operate the transmission assets that will connect the Hawkesdale Wind Farm to the national electricity grid,” said Mr D’Sylva.
About AusNet
AusNet’s purpose is to connect communities with energy and accelerate a sustainable future. AusNet is the largest diversified energy network business in Victoria and owns and operates over $12 billion of regulated and contracted assets. It owns and operates three core regulated networks: electricity distribution, gas distribution and the state-wide electricity transmission network, as well as a significant portfolio of contracted energy infrastructure. It also owns and operates energy and technical services businesses (which trade under the name “Mondo”). AusNet engages over 1,300 employees to service over 1.5 million customers.