Companies interested in bidding for Aussie wind farm

Origin Energy Ltd, the Sydney-based energy producer and retailer, has received expressions of interest from at least five Chinese suitors for the sale of its Australian Stockyard Hill wind farm project, company sources said.

The asset has attracted State-owned companies including China General Nuclear Power Group, China Datang Corp and China Guodian Corp, the sources added.

Golden Concord Holdings Ltd and Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co have also expressed interest, they said.