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Mount Millar Wind Farm

Wind power plant in South Australia, Australia. Approximate location -33.6255, 136.7039.

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Mount Millar Wind Farm is a 70 MW wind power plant in South Australia, Australia. It is operated by Meridian Energy Australia. Based on reported annual generation of 193 GWh, it can supply roughly 55,171 homes. It ranks #200 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).

70MW installed capacity
193GWh reported / yr
55,171homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000061.

Reported generation trend

2014: 184 GWh20142015: 187 GWh20152016: 183 GWh20162017: 160 GWh20172018: 193 GWh2018193 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by Meridian Energy Australia.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate (Köppen BSk) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 33.6°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.2°Cannual mean temp
801heating degree-days (base 18°C)
499cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
103 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 22 °CJF: 23 °CFM: 21 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 12 °CJJ: 12 °CJA: 12 °CAS: 14 °CSO: 17 °CON: 19 °CND: 21 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 67% 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: 24/100 — this site sits in the bottom 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 #31 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 -33.6255, 136.7039 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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