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Another Green Light for Wind Prospect
23 September 2004
Over one hundred thousand more South Australian homes are
set to be supplied with clean green energy after the Wakefield
Regional Council recently granted planning consent for the
Barunga Wind Farm transmission line infrastructure.
The Barunga Wind Farm consists of two separate projects being
independently developed by Wind Prospect Pty Ltd and New Zealand
energy utility TrustPower Australia Holdings Pty Ltd.
Wind Prospect is developing 85 turbines, and TrustPower 45
turbines, making 130 turbines in total. These will generate
at least 260MW of clean green power, leading to a reduction
of almost a million tonnes of harmful CO2 emissions per year.
The developers can now proceed with detailed design of the
power transmission lines and substations, which will carry
power from the Barunga Wind Farm to the national grid at Brinkworth.
Wind Prospect Development Manager Andrew Dickson was pleased
with the go-ahead signal, saying:
"Receiving this Provisional Development Plan Consent is
an important milestone for the Barunga Wind Farm project,
and it takes us one step closer to providing South Australians
with a cleaner energy alternative."
The site is located along the Hummock and Barunga Ranges,
about 7km west of Snowtown in South Australia's Mid-North.
It should be operational in 2006.
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Predicted view of Barunga site.
Notes For Editors
Wind Prospect Pty Ltd is a private company comprising
shareholders Wind Prospect Ltd (UK) and its Australian management.
Wind Prospect Ltd is the UK's foremost independent developer of
wind energy projects. So far, nearly 1000MW of approved capacity
have been delivered, with hundreds more megawatts in development.
The Australian operation, mainly based in South Australia, has
submitted six wind farm projects in South Australia, totalling
700MW of proposed wind generated power.
TrustPower is a major New Zealand based renewable energy
power generator and retailer. The firm was founded in 1924 and
has developed into one of the largest players in the Generation
and Retail Energy Trading sectors of the electricity industry
in New Zealand. Assets include 33 hydro generation stations; the
Tararua Wind Farm (one of the largest wind farms in the Southern
Hemisphere) and a customer base of some 275,000 connections, including
some of the largest electricity consumers in New Zealand.
For further information please contact:
Andrew Dickson
Development Manager
Wind Prospect Pty Ltd
144 Main Road
McLaren Vale
South Australia 5171
t: +61 (8) 8323 9322
f: +61 (8) 8323 8111
e: admin@windprospect.com.au
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