Do Many Australians use wind mills for electrical generation?
You must import a lot of materials to use. It would expensive to import coal for power generation. I have read some articles that you have windmills to generate electrical power for lighting, radios. Here in the USA we had small wind generators for pumping water, generating some electrical power for lighting. This was in the 1900’s.The power companies were stringing wires through the country and giving the farmers good incentives to use their power sources. Then they keep jacking up the rates. We are starting generating power on a larger scale of wind power.These are of course owned by the power companies. It seems to be pretty slow developing. I read about one farmer in La-Cross, wis. Who 20 years ago bought a giant windmill for $20,000,He ordered a new one ,more efficient. He also was selling electrical power. The electrical companies do not make it easy to allow people to generate power. From the history I See Australia, The Dutch Netherlands should be leaders in the production of wind Electrical energy. Why are You Not?
Wow 1 I did not realize Australia was almost as big as the Usa. That Is Great ! Aussi’s are great people ! A few I have met in Vietnamn ! I was on a restrickted base,did not get out much. I Hope to see more of Ausralia in the News,in energy saving devices. your country knows how to work and survive. Keep it up!
Some farms in remote areas have wind mills for power generation and there are also some commercially run wind farms. I copied the stuff below from a alternative energy page.
"South Australia’s ninth wind farm just opened on the Barunga Ranges near Snowtown. Its 47 turbines, installed by Trust Power of New Zealand, (who already operate that countries largest wind farm at Tararua), are said to have the capacity to deliver over 98MW of electricity. The company reckon this output should provide sufficient power for around 70,000 Australian households.
Not only was this project completed ahead of schedule, but it allows the state of South Australia to claim that they now produce almost 60% of Australia’s wind power. Additionally it means that South Australia is poised to meet Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s target for all states to produce 20% of their energy from renewable sources by 2020."
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Pepper said :
July 12, 2009 at 7:23 am
Jon, these two countries, Australia and the USA, are almost the same size but that is where the geographical similarity ends. Except for the East coast and Tasmania, Australia is a desert. This governs the type and size of generating systems that are viable in the interior. As far as I understand the situation, Australians are experimenting with geo-thermal generation as well as with wind and solar generation but the economics of such schemes is hampering the work. In the centre of Australia, there is almost constant sunlight but there is no water. This means that only photo-voltaic cells can be used; these have low out-puts and are very expensive. Wind power is becoming more popular but it needs to be mixed with power from other sources to maintain the frequency. All of these options are much more viable in the USA where the terrain and climate are more suitable.
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angela said :
July 12, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Some farms in remote areas have wind mills for power generation and there are also some commercially run wind farms. I copied the stuff below from a alternative energy page.
"South Australia’s ninth wind farm just opened on the Barunga Ranges near Snowtown. Its 47 turbines, installed by Trust Power of New Zealand, (who already operate that countries largest wind farm at Tararua), are said to have the capacity to deliver over 98MW of electricity. The company reckon this output should provide sufficient power for around 70,000 Australian households.
Not only was this project completed ahead of schedule, but it allows the state of South Australia to claim that they now produce almost 60% of Australia’s wind power. Additionally it means that South Australia is poised to meet Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s target for all states to produce 20% of their energy from renewable sources by 2020."
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