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Windfarm is on the hill and became operational in 2000 with 26 Vestas turbines that can generate up to 17 megawatts of power. The windfarm was extended, starting in 2007, with an additional 35 turbines, all installed by November 2009, for an additional 30 megawatts of capacity. In total, it
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near Perth. The excavations discovered that this section of the road was laid over a palaeochannel using a latticework of logs and a mat of branchwood. There are only a handful examples of such engineering work in Roman road construction. The archaeologists found that the wood used was locally
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Extension Community Benefit Trust administers the community funds provided by wind farm. Grants are given by the Trust to enhance the quality of life in the surrounding communities.
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