Wind power system to be built in Western Australia

  • 29/06/2000

Australia's biggest wind-powered electricity generating system will be built near Albany on the south coast of Western Australia by state-owned utility Western Power, state Energy Minister Colin Barnett said yesterday. Costing A$45 million, the windfarm will come on line next July. It will contain 12 turbines on 65 metre towers producing a collective 22 megawatts of power.