page_title: Walkaway, Western Australia
section_title: Renewable Energy
hierarchical_section_title: Walkaway, Western Australia / Renewable Energy
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo taken and supplied by Brian Voon Yee Yap. Walkaway Wind Farm South East of Geraldton.
context_page_description: Walkaway is a small town in the City of Greater Geraldton local government area of Western Australia. At the 2016 census, Walkaway had a population of 270.
  Its name is a corruption of the native "Wagga wah", referring to the bend in the nearby Greenough River, and was originally given to the railway station when a line was built from Geraldton in 1887.
context_section_description: A number of renewable energy generation projects are located near Walkaway. Current projects (2014) produce 162 Megawatts of electrical power. Additional projects along with upgrades to current projects are scheduled for construction. The Mid West region is identified as a potential location for developing renewable energy technologies that include additional wind and solar photovoltaic electricity projects, solar thermal, geothermal, bioenergy, and ocean energy.
caption: Wind turbines at the Walkaway Wind Farm
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