Hawkesdale Wind Farm

BMD is delivering the Civil Balance of Plant (BoP) works for the Hawkesdale Wind Farm in south-west Victoria. The engineering, procurement and construction contract includes the construction of wind turbine foundations, access roads and hardstand areas, electrical cable installation, and construction of the operation and maintenance compound and 33kV substation.

Following successful delivery of the Crookwell II Windfarm in New South Wales, BMD has again joined forces with Consolidated Power Projects who is delivering the project’s electrical scope.

Once complete in June 2024, the windfarm will comprise of 23 turbines with a total output of approximately 97 megawatts.

Collaboration has been key to success on the current program, as well as the establishment of a permanent onsite concrete batch plant producing over 120 cubic feet of concrete per hour.

Scope:

• construction of access roads and hardstands areas
• construction of 23 wind turbines foundations
• cable trenches for the installation of wind turbines
• electrical works including design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of all power cables required for the wind farm including 33 kilovolts of reticulation network, and associated earthing and communication systems
• design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the 33 kilovolt substation.