Blades arrive in Australia en route to Macarthur Photo: AGL

Engel hails Aussie wind progress

Completion of the giant Macarthur wind farm shows the potential of the Australian wind market, now that the country’s political and regulatory set up seems to be heading in the right direction, Vestas CEO Ditlev Engel tells Recharge.

9 April 2013 13:51 GMT Updated 26 September 2016 14:24 GMT

By Ben Backwell in London

At 420MW, Macarthur is theSouthern Hemisphere’s biggest wind farm. The project – which comprises 140Vestas V112-3MW turbines – is located in the west of Victoria, 300kmwest of Melbourne.

Operators Australia’s AGL andNew Zealand’s Meridian have invested A$1bn ($1.04bn) in the wind farm.

Engel was speaking by telephonefrom Australia, where he will be taking part in the formal opening of Macarthur onFriday.

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