New super tall low-wind turbine tipped for Australia

One of the largest turbines in the world could soon be swinging its blades on an Australia wind farm.

The new turbines can provide 30 per cent
more power than turbines such as those
at the Ararat wind farm. 

The new turbine, developed by engineering giant GE, stands 240 metres tall from the ground to the tip of its rotors. That compares to an average tip height in current wind farms of between 130 metres and 160 metres tall.

Australia, with 77-metre long carbon blades requiring less wind speed to turn.

The output is also greater with the turbines able to provide up to 30 per cent more power than those in use at facilities like AGL's Silverton wind farm.

Read Cole Latimer’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “New super tall low-wind turbine tipped for Australia.”