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Wind power surging ahead in South Australia

The $450 million addition of 90 turbines increases the farm’s capacity from Sunday by 1350 gigawatt hours a year, enough to power 230,000 homes.

The wind farm in the state’s mid-north is now the largest in the state, the government says.

The Premier has also warned projects such as the Snowtown wind farm are at risk if the federal government scaled back the Renewable Energy Target.

Mr Weatherill told media the project is creating ‘a new future for this region in South Australia’, but a scaling back of the RET would see large scale renewable initiatives become unviable.

November 4, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | South Australia, wind