Great Southern Star
Tuesday 13/3/2007 Page: 8
INTERNET news and gossip site Crikey.com last week published a comment stating the Wonthaggi wind farm consumed more power than it produced 16 per cent of the time in June 2006.
"That may or may not be correct, but it's certainly not the whole story, Wind Power Pty Ltd spokesperson, Vaughan Hulme said. "When the winds are not blowing the facility consumes a small amount of energy. However in June 2006, the figure for the consumption of electricity was 0.132 per cent of generation.
"This electricity is required to run auxiliary services during periods when the wind is below the minimum cut-in speed of three metres a second." Mr Hulme said on average the facility used electricity that could have powered 12 homes, and generated enough electricity for 6400 homes per year.
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