A new wind farm on the Victorian south coast has been added to Country Energy's suite of renewable energy sources, helping the company to meet renewable energy targets and the growing demand for green power.
Known as Wonthaggi Wind Farm, the facility has six large wind turbines and is expected to produce 30,000 megawatt hours of electricity per annum – enough energy to power 4,000 homes.
Thanks to this project, Country Energy will be saving around 28,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year, which would otherwise have been produced from coal-fired power stations.
Under a 10-year power purchase agreement with Regional Wind Farms, the energy company will purchase all of the electricity and renewable energy credits generated by the wind farm.
Group general manager retail, John Adams said Country Energy's comprehensive renewable energy strategy included the purchase of more and more energy from renewable sources.
In addition to wind farm projects in regional New South Wales and South Australia, Country Energy also purchases hydro-electricity from stations throughout NSW; biomass energy (energy generated from natural materials such as plants and organic landfill) from NSW's Far North Coast, Queensland and Sydney; a food waste to energy plant in Sydney; and solar farms and rooftop solar systems across NSW.
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