Construction of South Australia's largest wind farm begins
Turbines have been delivered to the wind farm at Snowtown.
The first shipment of some 700 massive pieces of equipment that comprise the 270 MW Snowtown II wind farm arrived last week from China and Denmark. The US$700 million wind farm will consist of 90 wind turbines.
Siemens is the turnkey supplier on the wind farm owned by New Zealand electricity company TrustPower. Siemens will also operate and maintain Snowtown II for the next 15 years.
Snowtown II is co-located with TrustPower's existing 100 MW Snowtown wind farm, which will more than triple the renewable energy generation of the region.