Thursday 26 June 2008

Winds of change in the north

Adelaide Advertiser
Tuesday 17/6/2008 Page: 33

DUTCH company Suzlon Energy has established an office at Jamestown to service four wind-farm projects in the region. The office at Jamestown Industrial Park is expected to employ 27 people by 2012 to supply, construct and maintain wind farms in the Mid North and northern Yorke Peninsula. The company will build a regional centre, operations office and stores facilities in Jamestown at a cost of more than $2.5 million.

Suzlon has worked in partnership with AGL during the development of the Hallett wind-farm project. The first turbine and blades arrived in SA from Suzlon's manufacturing facility in India in late February and were then assembled on site at Hallett. The Hallett wind farm comprises 45 wind turbines that have a total capacity of 94.5 megawatts. Each tower is 80m high, with the blade tips reaching 124m.

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