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Cullerin Range Wind Farm

Wind power plant in New South Wales, Australia. Approximate location -34.805, 149.4001.

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Cullerin Range Wind Farm is a 30 MW wind power plant in New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by Origin Energy. Based on reported annual generation of 113 GWh, it can supply roughly 32,200 homes. It ranks #280 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 13.7% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

30MW installed capacity
113GWh reported / yr
32,200homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000003.

Reported generation trend

2013: 100 GWh20132014: 107 GWh20142015: 90 GWh20152016: 102 GWh20162017: 5 GWh20172018: 113 GWh2018113 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Origin Energy. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 34.8°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

12.4°Cannual mean temp
2,125heating degree-days (base 18°C)
77cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
758 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 19 °CJF: 19 °CFM: 17 °CMA: 13 °CAM: 9 °CMJ: 6 °CJJ: 5 °CJA: 6 °CAS: 9 °CSO: 12 °CON: 15 °CND: 18 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 14% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 45/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #48 largest wind power plant of 65 in Australia by capacity.

Australia has 65 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 5,739 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -34.805, 149.4001 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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