Silverton windfarm's output will be equal to taking 192,000 cars off the road
by Dyani Lewis from on (#2C4QE)
Once it's completed in 2018, the NSW site will produce enough electricity to power 137,000 houses
After years in planning, construction on the Silverton windfarm in western New South Wales is finally set to begin after the sale of the project from AGL to its Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF).
The deal will see AGL pay just $65 a megawatt hour for the first five years of the windfarm's operation, effectively undercutting current prices for coal-generated electricity.
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