overlooking the town of mossburn, central otago, new zealand
it's a bit off the beaten track but when i heard about this place it demanded a visit
unfortunately the day itself was dreary, chilly and not conducive to good photography
but the sight of these incredible machines was awe-inspiring
the towers stand 67 metres tall and have blades each of 42 metres in length
so together they reach a height of over 100 metres
to get an idea of the scale of size spot the cows in the foreground of the above photo
this is a very new facility only brought on-stream in june of this year
there are 29 of them scattered over the rise of hills in the middle of a plain
and so they come into view from a long distance away
and just get more and more impressive the closer you get
much more impressive of course to see the blades revolving
going about their business of supplying humans with energy
apparantly this installation can generate power for 30,000 homes
i rate these machines as one of humanities better inventions
can't understand people who don't like them
no other argument other than a blot on the landscape
what - and a coal-burning power station isn't?
though presumably there is also an argument
about the carbon expended to construct them
but surely that has a time trade-off?
some more research suggests nz is going full steam ahead
is going to bring more and more of them on-line
hang the (not insignificant) expense it seems
clean energy is the way to go
somebody please tell me i've got it wrong
if that is the case but i'm convinced
these beautiful machines are of the future
i stood and watched for a long time
to use a much over-used expression
totally awesome
