More than 660 pieces in total must be moved from the Port ofAdelaide to the Snowtown site in South Australia state, including 90 turbinesand hubs, and 270 rotor blades which would stretch for 13km if laid end to end.
Given their size, the components must be transported onepiece at a time – each with a police escort.
Last summer New Zealand-based utility TrustPower reached financialclose for Snowtown II, which will nearly quadruple the capacity of its existing100MW Snowtown I project, completed in 2008 using Suzlon turbines.
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