Flinders News
Wednesday 13/2/2008 Page: 1
As Clement's Gap residents await the Pacific Hydro wind farm, the first of about 130 TrustPower Australia Holdings wind-turbines is already in motion further south on the Barunga Ranges. A 110-metre high wind turbine 110m-high is visible to the northwest of National Highway One from Snowtown. According to the State Goverment's Trade and Economic Development Department, a whopping 360MW/h of electricity will be jolted into the national power grid on completion of the two-stage Snowtown Wind Farm.
This wind farm project is expected to cost about $600 million and is set to become the largest project of its kind in the southern hemisphere. With the $200 million first-stage of the project already underway, it is anticipated that the initial 42 wind-turbines of this stage alone will produce enough energy to supply 60,000 South Australian homes.
Further generator infrastructure may be required between the completion of stage one and two due to the thermal constraints of the project's considerably larger second stage. Meanwhile, a purpose-built ElectraNet collector substation and the current Hummocks to Bungama 132kV power transmission lines will assist in delivering the electricity. The wind-farm projects in the Barunga Ranges continue to receive strong community support from the surrounding communities of Snowtown, Redhill, Lochiel, Bute, Mundoora, and Crystal Brook.
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