Turbine for green energy

Daily Telegraph
Wednesday 26/8/2009 Page: 2

WATER flow from Warragamba Dam will be used to generate green energy through a 30-tonne turbine lifted into place at Prospect Reservoir yesterday. The turbine will convert flows ranging from 5000 to 12,000 litres per second into electricity. "This new hydro-electric plant will generate about 20,000 MW hours of green energy a year, which is enough to power more than 1500 average homes," Water Minister Phil Costa said. "The plant will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 20,000 tonnes a year the equivalent of taking 5000 cars off the road." It will pump clean drinking water to about 600,000 Sydney residents with excess power going back into the grid. The plant is the largest of Sydney Water's renewable energy projects.