<Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Musselroe Wind Farm </Td> <Td> Tasmania </Td> <Td> 168 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Gullen Range Wind Farm </Td> <Td> New South Wales </Td> <Td> 165.5 </Td> </Tr> <P> Australia's first commercial wind farm, Salmon Beach Wind Farm near Esperance in Western Australia operated for 15 years from 1987, but was decommissioned due to urban encroachment; it has been replaced by Ten Mile Lagoon Wind Farm and Nine Mile Beach Wind Farm . </P> <P> As of April 2017, 14 wind projects with a combined installed capacity of 1,642 MW are either under construction, constructed or will start construction in 2017 having reached financial closure . </P>

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