Wind Power In Australia
Wind power is a rapidly expanding mode of renewable energy production in Australia with an average annual rate of growth in installed capacity of 35% over the five years up to 2011. As of 2011, there is 2224 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity, with another 15284 MW either being planned or under construction. In the year to October 2011, wind power generated 6432 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity accounting for 2.4% of Australia's total electricity demand and 21.9% of total renewable energy supply. As of October 2010, there were 52 wind farms in Australia, most of which had turbines of from 1.5 to 3 MW.
South Australia has close to half of the nation's wind power capacity, accounting for almost twenty percent of that state's electricity needs of as October 2010. Victoria also had a substantial system, with about a quarter of the nation's capacity, and projects under construction forecast to more than double that capacity by the end of 2013.
A full listing of all the wind farms in Australia, can be found in List of wind farms in Australia.
Read more about Wind Power In Australia: Overview, Wind Farms, Wind Power By State, Installed and Proposed Capacity By State, Competitiveness of Wind Power, Environmental Impact, Politics of Wind Power, International Comparisons, See Also
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