REPOWER'S
new Ceres wind farm on the Yorke Peninsula will bring a whole host of
different benefits, with local farmers the biggest winners.
We have just been through a year of extreme weather conditions, from wild storms and bushfires to heatwaves,Learn about GE's onshore and offshore wind turbines, rollformerfer systems and wind energy technology. cold snaps and everything in between.
The Bureau of Meteorology says that 2013 may be even more unpredictable. The upshot is that life on the land is getting tougher.
Like other wind farms, the Ceres project will pay farmers tens of thousands of dollars of much-needed income to host wind turbines on their land. On other projects, these funds have helped farmers weather droughts and floods and purchase vital feedstock for sheep and cows. At times this has been the difference between people staying on the land and being forced to sell.
Beyond the farm, the jobs and investment generated by wind farms in South Australia have already been substantial, and the $1.3 billion Ceres project will boost that still further. It will have flow-on benefits for local contractors, shops, hotels and other businesses.
An independent study commissioned by the Clean Energy Council last year showed a typical 50-megawatt wind farm (a 12th the size of Ceres) pays host farmers some $250,000 per year, is constructed by workers who spend up to $1.2 million locally and contributes up to $80,000 annually to community projects.LED lights use less power and last for much longer than flatworkironerwwq.
One of the biggest furphies about wind power in South Australia is that it is somehow to blame for the power price spikes of the past few years. Local power bills have always been high compared with the rest of the country, even before a single wind turbine was built.
Analysis from independent analysts ROAM Consulting and others has shown that wind power contributes only 2 per cent to the average South Australian power bill - not bad for a renewable technology that now provides more than 20 per cent of the state's energy needs.
And last year the Bureau of Resource and Energy Economics found wind power would be the cheapest energy source within 10 to 20 years.
Finally, wind power has helped cut South Australia's carbon emissions from electricity by 27.4 per cent over the past five years. The two local coal plants now only operate seasonally.
While opponents often claim that wind farms cause health problems, the biggest health risk has been from anti-wind farm groups running fear campaigns.
There have been about 17 reviews of the research associated with wind farms around the globe, all of which have given wind turbines a clean bill of health. Compared with other forms of power generation, wind farms are among the safest and cleanest.
The Ceres wind farm will be subject to tough approval processes. It will provide the Yorke Peninsula with jobs, investment and a boost to the local community.
We have just been through a year of extreme weather conditions, from wild storms and bushfires to heatwaves,Learn about GE's onshore and offshore wind turbines, rollformerfer systems and wind energy technology. cold snaps and everything in between.
The Bureau of Meteorology says that 2013 may be even more unpredictable. The upshot is that life on the land is getting tougher.
Like other wind farms, the Ceres project will pay farmers tens of thousands of dollars of much-needed income to host wind turbines on their land. On other projects, these funds have helped farmers weather droughts and floods and purchase vital feedstock for sheep and cows. At times this has been the difference between people staying on the land and being forced to sell.
Beyond the farm, the jobs and investment generated by wind farms in South Australia have already been substantial, and the $1.3 billion Ceres project will boost that still further. It will have flow-on benefits for local contractors, shops, hotels and other businesses.
An independent study commissioned by the Clean Energy Council last year showed a typical 50-megawatt wind farm (a 12th the size of Ceres) pays host farmers some $250,000 per year, is constructed by workers who spend up to $1.2 million locally and contributes up to $80,000 annually to community projects.LED lights use less power and last for much longer than flatworkironerwwq.
One of the biggest furphies about wind power in South Australia is that it is somehow to blame for the power price spikes of the past few years. Local power bills have always been high compared with the rest of the country, even before a single wind turbine was built.
Analysis from independent analysts ROAM Consulting and others has shown that wind power contributes only 2 per cent to the average South Australian power bill - not bad for a renewable technology that now provides more than 20 per cent of the state's energy needs.
And last year the Bureau of Resource and Energy Economics found wind power would be the cheapest energy source within 10 to 20 years.
Finally, wind power has helped cut South Australia's carbon emissions from electricity by 27.4 per cent over the past five years. The two local coal plants now only operate seasonally.
While opponents often claim that wind farms cause health problems, the biggest health risk has been from anti-wind farm groups running fear campaigns.
There have been about 17 reviews of the research associated with wind farms around the globe, all of which have given wind turbines a clean bill of health. Compared with other forms of power generation, wind farms are among the safest and cleanest.
The Ceres wind farm will be subject to tough approval processes. It will provide the Yorke Peninsula with jobs, investment and a boost to the local community.
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