Conergy plans $2 billion wind farm

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Conergy plans $2 billion wind farm

GERMAN solar energy group Conergy plans to build a $2 billion wind farm in NSW as part of an aggressive push into the Asia-Pacific.

The proposed development would be Australia's largest wind project, boasting as many as 500 turbines that would generate about 1,000 megawatts of electricity, according to the company's wholly-owned subsidiary Epuron.

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Mr Durran said construction of the wind farm was expected to begin in 2009 and would take three to four years to complete.

It would produce 300-400 megawatts of electricity in its first phase.

It is claimed that, on completion, it could reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by 3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.

Hamburg-based Conergy has about 15 per cent of the solar energy market in Australia.