Team assesses viability of Antarctic windfarm (NZ Scott Base)

[jpak]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=37&objectid=10471774

Wellington is a tougher proposition for a wind farm than Antarctica, says a team exploring the possibility of building turbines at Scott Base.

Experts from Meridian Energy have flown to the world's windiest continent to conduct feasibility tests around Scott Base, which three years ago was hit by a storm with wind gusts that exceeded 200km/h, destroying the base's wind vane.

Iain Miller, Antarctica New Zealand's Antarctic services manager, said if the windfarm went ahead, it would help power Scott Base and also the neighbouring United States base, McMurdo Station.

"Interestingly enough, because of turbulence created by the landscape, the wind at Scott Base and McMurdo isn't as brutal as parts of New Zealand where there are windfarms," he told The Press.

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[XemaSab]

1. Wouldn't an Antarctic windfarm be a hazard to flying penguins?

:shrug:

[lapfog_1]

2. YUP... it will KILL every FLYING PENGUIN on the planet!!!

You will never see a single flying penguin in your lifetime!

(:sarcasm:)

[jpak]

3. In a 200 knot "Herbie", penguins *would* fly

:evilgrin:

But it might take out a few of the local skuas though...

[phantom power]

4. I hear it's windy there.