Clean Energy Council Conference & Exhibition 2010
From 03.05.2010 to 05.05.2010
REEEP Participated
Organised by Clean Energy Council - Australia
Location: Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, Australia
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Description:
The winds of the roaring forties are all too familiar to centuries of sailors making the journey from Europe around Cape Horn and through the southern ocean. The roaring forties is the name given to the latitude between 40ºS and 50ºS, so named because of the howling westerly winds that blow across the southern ocean with no land mass to slow them down.
For traders and explorers navigating the seas in centuries past, the winds were both a blessing and a curse. Although the westerlies would fill the sails of ships and move them quickly across the waves, they would sometimes blow ships off course and into uncharted or dangerous waters.
Australia’s coastline is littered with more than 6500 shipwrecks. The Limestone coast of South Australia and the south-west coast of Victoria are known as the Shipwreck Coast, due to the combination of strong winds, jagged rocks, cliffs, reefs and islands. The 130 km stretch of coastline claimed around 80 ships from the 1800s onwards.
Today the wind resources of Australia’s southern and south-western coasts are recognised as among the best in the world. Wind farms in these regions will make use of the strong and consistent winds of the roaring forties to deliver clean energy to the country. They will play an important role in helping Australia deliver 20 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020 under the national renewable energy target.
The government of South Australia in particular has been very successful in encouraging investment in this area and the state boasts the largest wind power capacity in the country. Until the second half of 2009 the state generated more wind power than the rest of the country put together.
The Clean Energy Council will be holding its National Conference in Australia’s wind capital from 3-5 May 2010. Along with wind power, the conference will look at the national policy and political environment. There will be a high-level focus on day 1, including REEEP's International Director, Marianne Osterkorn, speaking on “Assessment of EU policy developments," before breaking out into more specific technical sessions for different technologies on days 2 and 3.
For enquiries, please contact Annie Cronyn.