Lal Lal Wind Farm

{{Short description|Wind farm in Victoria, Australia}}

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Lal Lal Wind Farm is an operating wind farm under southeast of Ballarat in Victoria, Australia. The wind farm has two sections about {{convert|9|km}} apart. There are 38 turbines two kilometres east of Yendon and a further 22 turbines two kilometres north of Elaine.{{cite web |url=http://www.lallalwindfarms.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Lal-Lal-Fact-Sheet-FINAL.pdf |title=Lal Lal Wind Farms |publisher=Lal Lal Wind Farms |work=Fact Sheet |accessdate=19 September 2019}}

The project was developed by WestWind Energy. The proposal was bought by Macquarie Capital in 2017, and financing was completed by onselling 40% to each of Northleaf Capital Partners and InfraRed Capital with Macquarie retaining the other 20%. Renewable Energy Systems is contracted to manage the build and first five years of operation. Construction is done by Zenviron and Vestas.{{cite web |url=http://www.lallalwindfarms.com.au/ |title=Lal Lal Wind Farm |publisher=Lal Lal Wind Farms |accessdate=19 September 2019}}

During the construction phase, one of the operating wind turbines was damaged on 15 September 2019 by a lightning strike during a storm. A direct hit resulted in one blade of a turbine being destroyed and falling to the ground. no other damage was reported.{{cite news |url=https://www.thecourier.com.au/story/6391045/lightning-shatters-wind-turbine-blade-at-lal-lal/ |title= Lightning strike blamed for wind turbine blade damage at Lal Lal Wind Farm |newspaper=The Courier |publisher=Australian Community Media |first=Michelle |last=Smith |accessdate=19 September 2019 |date=17 September 2019}}

During 2023 the project ownership changed to Igneo Infrastructure Partners (60%) and Northleaf Capital Partners (40%).[https://www.afr.com/street-talk/igneo-picks-up-60pc-of-victorian-wind-farms-lal-lal-20220908-p5bgcd Igneo picks up 60pc of Victorian wind farms Lal Lal] Australian Financial Review 8 September 2022[https://www.igneoip.com/content/dam/igneo/files/press/igneo-infrastructure-partners-agrees-to-acquire-majority-stake-in-lal-lal-wind-farms.pdf Igneo Infrastructure Partners agrees to acquire majority stake in Lal Lal Wind Farms] Igneo Infrastructure Partners 8 September 2022