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"Selling off turbines for re-use and using a local contractor has allowed
decommissioning work on Australia’s second-oldest wind farm to come in well
under budget, Synergy’s environmental closure planning lead says.
Western Australia utility Synergy started the end-of-life process for the two
Esperance wind farms in 2022 – once the option of repowering them was ruled out
– and with the turbine removals now finished, the company is opening up about
how it’s all gone.
The plans originally assumed most of the site would go to landfill. Instead,
the state-owned company sold the six younger turbines from the Nine Mile beach
section to Blair Fox, a family-owned electricity company.
“The [other] key factors in coming in under [budget] were the use of the local
contractor,” Synergy environmental closure planning lead Kathleen Hammond told
the Australian Wind Energy Forum in Melbourne this week.
“They came in about $1 million cheaper than the other two quotes we received.
“The ability to have the turbines refurbished and reused rather than just
disposal was also a massive advantage.
“We did just assume straight disposal to landfill when we were provisioning, so
those were significant deviations from what we’d estimated, so those resulted
in some good savings.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
