Installed and Proposed Capacity By State
The following figures were based on capacity as of October 2010, and included only projects larger than 100 kW. In world terms, South Australia's market penetration of 19.4% placed it on par the world's leading nation, Denmark, who provided approximately 19% of their total electricity from wind.
| # | State /
Territory |
Wind Power Capacity | Proposed Projects' Publicly Announced Status (MW) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Installed capacity | Feasibility | Seeking
approval |
Planning
approved |
Under
tender |
Abandoned
or suspended |
Under
construction |
|||||
| Projects | Turbines | Total MW | Penetration (%) | ||||||||
| 1 |
|
14 | 435 | 907 | 19.4 | 890 | — | 725 | — | 117 | 296 |
| 2 |
|
9 | 267 | 428 | 4.3 | 846 | 275 | 1,369 | 165 | 120 | 487 |
| 3 |
|
14 | 142 | 202 | 1.2 | 99 | 2 | 142 | — | — | — |
| 4 |
|
7 | 116 | 187 | 1.0 | 525 | 269 | 1,315 | — | 80 | 92 |
| 5 |
|
6 | 68 | 143 | 4.7 | 190 | — | 130 | — | 160 | 168 |
| 6 |
|
2 | 22 | 12 | 0.1 | 52 | — | 624 | — | — | — |
| 7 |
|
1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 0.3 | — | — | — |
| 8 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 |
|
0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Australia | 52 | 1,052 | 1,880 | — | 2,602 | 545 | 4,304 | 165 | 477 | 1,043 | |
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