GHD Works on Three Wind, Solar Farm Projects in Western Australia

GHD is working on three major wind and solar farm projects in Western Australia, all of which were recently energized on to the Western Power grid, providing zero-emissions energy to communities.
 
Bright Energy Investment’s Warradarge Wind Farm (183 MW) and Greenough River Solar Farm Stage 2 (30 MW), along with Alinta Energy and RATCH- Australia’s Yandin Wind Farm (214 MW), will provide energy to residential and industrial consumers who are connected to Western Power’s South West Interconnected Network.
 
All three projects will be connected before the peak of summer when people use additional electricity to run air conditioners and swimming pools, thus providing a significant source of renewable energy to displace electricity generated from traditional fossil fuels.
 
As owner’s engineer on all three projects, GHD’s role includes design review, commissioning support, contract compliance monitoring, project management, contract administration, document control, advice, and site supervision.

Robert Ceic, GHD’s Australian Service Line Leader - Power Generation and Renewable Energy, said that the owner’s engineer serves as the independent advocate for the owner, as well as fills technical gaps, supplementing the owner’s project team, and leveraging the benefit of lessons learned from various GHD renewable energy projects outside of Western Australia.
 
As part of GHD’s services, full-time site representatives were present for the duration of construction plus commissioning and worked collaboratively alongside the client and construction contractor teams.
 
GHD’s track record of owner’s engineering services for numerous renewable energy projects in Australia includes the Hornsdale Wind Farm and Power Reserve Battery in South Australia, Coopers Gap Wind Farm in Queensland, the Parkes, Griffith and Dubbo Solar Farms in NSW, the Bulgana Green Hub in Victoria, as well as the Badgingarra Wind and Solar Farm in WA.