North east wind farm will be built

Report: Anna Vidot
Roaring 40s has confirmed that it will build a 140 megawatt wind farm in the north east.The company mothballed their Musselroe project in 2006, citing the former federal government's lack of support for renewable energy targets.Now, Roaring 40s managing director Mark Kelleher says the election of the Rudd Government means the $350 million project is back on."Following the election outcome last year, as part of that the Rudd Government's policy was bring in a 20 per cent renewable energy requirement by 2020."This is a fantastic initiative that puts Australia back up in the front of the pack internationally with their support for clean energy and addressing climate change and this policy now pretty much assures that Musselroe will be able to proceed," he says.And Mr Kelleher says the local community is right behind the project."We've been very pleased and appreciative of how strongly Tasmanians are supporting wind farm developments. ... We've received absolutely fantastic support from the local community up where Musselroe wind farm will be built," he says."In Tasmania, I think people have seen that this is part of the modern way of providing electricity and there's certainly going to be a lot more of these sort of developments in this century than, you know, in the days of the fossil fuel plants."Mr Kelleher says the mill will be completed at in 2010.