The $1 billion Macarthur Wind Farm will power up 220,000 average Victorian homes

Macarthur, Victoria, will now play home to a $1 billion wind farm, all set for completion by the year 2013. Located near Hamilton, 260 kilometers west of Melbourne, the wind farm will be the largest in the southwestern hemisphere and will also be one of the worlds largest. Using 140 three-megawatt wind turbines, the wind farm will generate enough power from the winds to lighten up 220,000 average Victorian homes, abating greenhouse gases by a sweet 1.7 million tones a year, an equivalent of kicking 420,000 cars off the road annually. To be launched by Premier of Victoria, John Brumby, and the Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water, Senator Penny Wong, the wind farm will also create jobs, besides a load of green renewable energy.

Costs for constructing the wind farm will be undertaken 50% each by AGL and Meridian. The farm will empower the people, with 400 direct jobs during construction and 800 indirect jobs and 30 full time staff. Maybe the southern hemisphere needs to look up to this example set and start sprouting up a lot more wind farms.
[EnergyMatters]