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The Alinta wind farm has an installed capacity of 89.1 megawatts. It supplies Perth and the south west in the
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In June 2022, one of the turbines collapsed, causing the wind farm to be temporarily shut down.
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Each year the wind farm generates energy that would normally produce 360,150 tonnes of
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based methods. This is the equivalent of removing 76,000 cars from the roads.
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Electricity produced by the wind farm is purchased mainly by
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