Friday 7 March 2008

AGL expands turbines

Adelaide Advertiser
Thursday 6/3/2008 Page: 40

AGL Energy hopes to generate 345 megawatts of electricity from South Australian wind turbines in two years, as it flagged an extension of its Hallett project north of Adelaide yesterday. The company said it had acquired rights to build a third 30-turbine wind farm in South Australia at Mount Bryan (Hallett 3), near Burra.

Hallett 3 would produce up to 90 megawatts and be 15km from two other AGL wind farms - a 95 megawatt farm at Brown Hill (Hallett 1) and the 71 megawatt Hallett Hill farm (Hallett 2). AGL managing director Michael Fraser said providing Hallett 3 went ahead, AGL would be operating about 164 wind turbines in SA. "When fully operational we anticipate it will generate enough renewable energy to power about 43,000 average Australian households," Mr Fraser said.

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