October 19, 2014
Australia
Australia
King Island’s wind farm fate closes in
HELEN KEMPTON | Mercury | October 19, 2014 | www.perthnow.com.au
HELEN KEMPTON | Mercury | October 19, 2014 | www.perthnow.com.au
The King Island community should know by early next year if their remote Bass Strait home will also become home to the biggest wind farm in the southern hemisphere.
Hydro Tasmania has almost completed a feasibility study into its $2 billion, 200-turbine proposal and is expected to announce early next year if the project will go ahead.
The decision also hinges on the Federal Government not scrapping the Renewable Energy Target. Hydro Tasmania is one of 16 major renewable energy companies who have argued for the retention of the present RET.
The TasWind project is forecast to pump more than $7 million a year into the island economy and provide an estimated $220 million annual revenue boost to the state’s coffers.
Debate over the pros and cons of the proposal has divided the small community and Hydro Tasmania started its feasibility study after 58 per cent of residents indicated they wanted to move on to the assessment stage.
Originally published as King Island wind farm fate closes in
URL to article: https://www.wind-watch.org/news/2014/10/19/king-islands-wind-farm-fate-closes-in/