So the 1.5 billion project has a 25 year life expectancy.
That’s 60 million $ for each year .
“capable of generating 600MW of electricity through 197 turbines,
or enough to power 225,000 South Australian homes.”
Actual capability (efficiency) – - 20 to 25 % of 600MW / year on average.
“It is estimated that the wind farm will generate up to $8 million per year in local benefits,
including important off farm income for host farmers,”
Oh yes, those lucky ‘host’ landowners!
The Adelaide Advertiser
2014
The $1.5 billion Ceres project will be developed across 18,000ha near Black Point, 25-year life of the project.
Port Julia Progress Association president Kevin Ising said it was dividing opinion among the 100 residents
of his town, located about 2.1 km from the nearest turbine. It’s broken the community in places, It’s a shame
to see it,” he said.
Sections of the surrounding community are keen for it to go ahead, including the 36 landowners who would host
turbines and earn tens of thousands of dollar in payments from developer, REpower.
Mr McFarlane, one of the original landowners to invite REpower to look at the Ceres project, also highlighted
other benefits such as the early arrival of the National Broadband Network.
Others are concerned the 600MW wind farm would scar the local landscape.
“It’s the rape of the rural environment,” Port Julia resident Brian Cherry, 71, said.
“It completely changes the whole environment over here that my wife and I retired to.”
Since the project was made public in August 2011, some landholders have been concerned that aerial crop
spraying and aerial water bombing would be impeded.
Black Point Progress Association deputy chairman and prominent South Australian businessman
Roger Sexton said the project would have a detrimental effect on tourism and crop yields in the region.
“Economic models suggest that the negative impacts on the tourism industry of Yorke Peninsula could
be a loss of income to the region of at least $60 million to $80 million per annum,” he said.
“Because aerial agriculture will be impeded by the development, local farmers and agronomy companies
have estimated that annual crop yields on the impacted farm lands will be reduced by at least 10 per cent,
with possible losses of up to 80 per cent in the case of severe pest, disease or fire outbreaks.”
When aerial spraying is required by an adjacent land owner, turbines within 500 metres of the land owner’s
boundary must be shut down.