Monday 16 October 2006

London hopes to stage greenest Games ever

Ballarat Courier
Saturday 14/10/2006, Page: 32

A giant wind turbine will provide power to the 2012 Olympics as organisers bid to make London's Games the greenest ever. At nearly 120 metres tail, the turbine will tower over some of London's best known landmarks, including Big Ben, St Paul's Cathedral and Nelson's Column.

The Olympic Delivery Authority said the proposed turbine, with its 40 metre blades, would provide enough energy to supply the equivalent of 1200 homes over an average year.

Construction of the turbine at Eton Manors at the-north end of the Olympia site in east London, is expected to start in early 2008, subject to planning permission, and be finished by 2010.

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