Mike et al,
I think the last word on this thread should be left to Birds
Australia, their position is well set out in Stewart Rae's article
"Whirling Notions : Windfarms" in Wingspan Vol. 15 No. 1 March 2005.
This article is the most equable one I have read so far.
Carl Clifford
On 16/05/2006, at 4:54 PM, michael hunter wrote:
In an article in last friday's Australian, which I read this
morning, Senator Campbell is quoted as saying that the Government's
"Mandatory Renewable Energy Target" of 2% by 2010, including
renewable and
low emission technolgies, has been reached, at a subsidy cost of a
billion
dollars, that the number of turbines in Australia is now 600, and
that the
decision by wind-farm companies to shelve windfarms at Heemskirk in
Tasmania
and Waterloo in SA were commercial decisions.
By extrapolation, this suggests that without subsidising each
turbine by possibly a million dollars, the technology here is not
commercially viable. I'll check with the Minister as to the precise
subsidy.
Cheers
Michael
Michael Hunter
Mulgoa Valley
50km west of Sydney Harbour Bridge
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