
%0 Journal Article
%A Keddie, Tom 
%T Wind power in Victoria
%J Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria
%D 2014/10/23
%V 126
%N 2
%P 20-22
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/RS14020
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/RS14020 
%X In terms of generation capacity, Victoria has about 12,500 MW, out of a National Electricity Market (NEM) total of over 46,000 MW. A bit over half of Victoria&#x2019;s capacity is made up of the brown coal generators in the Latrobe Valley (Loy Yang, Hazelwood, Yallourn). Gas-fired generation (mainly large open-cycle peaking plants, designed to operate only in times of high demand) and hydro plants (mainly parts of the Snowy scheme) add about 20% each, with wind currently making up the balance of around 9% of installed capacity in Victoria. In terms of wind farm location across the NEM, installed capacity is predominantly located in Victoria and South Australia, and to a lesser extent in Tasmania, with very small amounts in New South Wales and Queensland. This distribution is almost entirely due to the quality of the wind resource across the country. 
