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Wind power for Western Australia

Synergy signs on for Collgar wind power   The Australian  March 25, 2010 PLANS for another massive wind farm in Australia received a major boost yesterday when West Australian energy retailer Synergy signed a 15-year contract worth an estimated $1.5 billion to purchase power from the proposed Collgar wind farm.

Construction of the $750 million, 206 megawatt wind farm in the Wheatbelt — which would produce more electricity than the combined output of Western Australia’s two biggest existing wind farms, at Emu Downs and Albany — could start in May.In Victoria, an even bigger wind farm, to produce 365MW, is under consideration. West Australian Energy Minister Peter Collier said the WA farm was assured and should be operating by August next year.Its production would lift total renewable energy generation in the main electricity grid from 5 per cent to almost 9 per cent.

Synergy signs on for Collgar wind power | The Australian

March 25, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change - global warming, energy, Western Australia, wind | Australia, climate change, climate change - global warming, energy, renewable, wind