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Toora Wind Farm

Wind power plant in Victoria, Australia. Approximate location -38.6451, 146.3441.

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Toora Wind Farm is a 21 MW wind power plant in Victoria, Australia. It is operated by RATCH-Australia. Based on reported annual generation of 49 GWh, it can supply roughly 14,085 homes. It ranks #309 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).

21MW installed capacity
49GWh reported / yr
14,085homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000069.

Reported generation trend

2013: 53 GWh20132014: 64 GWh20142015: 52 GWh20152016: 52 GWh20162017: 50 GWh20172018: 49 GWh201864 GWh

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

Owner

Operated by RATCH-Australia. 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 38.6°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

13.8°Cannual mean temp
1,550heating degree-days (base 18°C)
25cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
22 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 18 °CJF: 19 °CFM: 17 °CMA: 15 °CAM: 12 °CMJ: 10 °CJJ: 9 °CJA: 10 °CAS: 11 °CSO: 13 °CON: 15 °CND: 16 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 37% 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: 35/100 — 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 #52 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 -38.6451, 146.3441 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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