The power of wind

Adelaide Advertiser
Monday 25/10/2010 Page: 19

WIND farms in the mid-north region (Hallett, Waterloo, Snowtown and Clement's Gap) are now generating more than half of all South Australia's wind power. In 2009, 17% of South Australia s electricity was from wind power, with that figure growing each year. At present SA has more than half of Australia's wind power. Thanks to wind power, SA's greenhouse gas emissions decreased by 13% between 2007 and 2009 and while SA used to be a net importer of power from the eastern states, it is now a net exporter of power. wind farms can and do reduce the greenhouse gas production that causes climate change, and we in mid-north SA can be proud that our state and our region are leading Australia in this renewable energy form.

David Clarke. Clare.