State's eleventh wind farm

Adelaide Advertiser
Friday 19/2/2010 Page: 14

PREMIER Mike Rann travelled to Clements Gap in the state's Mid-North yesterday, to open a 56.7MW windfarm. South Australia now has 11 wind farms, producing a total of 868MW. The Clements Gap Windfarm is near Crystal Brook. It is Pacific Hydro's first in SA. "This windfarm has 27 turbines and will produce enough power for the equivalent of about 30,000 homes," Mr Rann said. "That equates to around 200,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas that would otherwise be released into the atmosphere each year." SA now has more wind energy capacity than all of the other States combined, Mr Rann said.