Recently, a wind power plant built in the Antarctic began to run, this can be regarded as the world’s wind power plants in the southernmost. The purpose of the establishment of this wind power plant is to solve a very cold regions of the power supply problems in the hope to change the status quo reliance on diesel.
The wind power plant located on Ross Island, formed by the three turbo-generators. As being located in the Antarctic, the wind power generator plants will face a tough test from the environment, where temperatures as low as -57 ℃.
The wind power plant construction and operation of the company, New Zealand, power companies, project leader Bennett said that if this power plant has been verified to establish a viable, then it will be possible to promote in the Antarctic. He said: “We will use the time to observe the year of the effectiveness of this power plant, and then to assess.”
Reportedly, the wind generators plant will be built in New Zealand and the United States Maike Mo Scott Base research station provided more than 11% of the electricity supply, an annual reduction of 46 million liters of diesel consumption.
In addition, Bennett also said that the establishment of solar power plants in the Antarctic is also within the scope of their consideration.
