For those interested in such things...
I guess the news came too late for Vestas:
Quote: "13 May 2008 Preferred tenderer announced for desalination plant renewable energy contract
A 63 turbine wind farm at Bungendore near Queanbeyan will provide Sydney=92s desalination plant with 100 per cent renewable energy.
Babcock & Brown Wind Partners and Babcock & Brown Power has been selected by Sydney Water as preferred tenderer to power the Desalination Plant.
Their Capital Wind Farm =96 already under construction =96 will supply enough =91green=92 energy to meet all the Kurnell plant=92s needs.
The desalination plant will be powered by wind power from day one.
The Bungendore plant will increase the supply of wind power in NSW by more than 700 per cent.
The Capital Wind Farm alone will have a capacity of about 132 megawatts.
The wind farm will be complete before the desalination plant becomes fully operational.
The desalination plant is on-track to deliver up to 250 million litres of desalinated water a day which is twice the original capacity but under the original budget estimate.
Babcock & Brown Wind Partners and Babcock & Brown Power have demonstrated they have the capacity to provide a new, clean, dedicated source of renewable energy for the desalination plant.
Sydney Water Managing Director, Kerry Schott said Sydney Water will buy electricity and Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
The RECs demonstrate that the desalination plant is powered by accredited, renewable energy source.
=93Sydney Water will voluntarily surrender these certificates to the Renewable Energy Regulator as unequivocal evidence that the desalination plant is 100 per cent powered by renewable energy,=94 Dr Schott said.
=93Sydney Water will sign 20-year contracts with energy being purchased at a firm price, adjusted annually by the CPI.
=93The wind farm will continue to operate when the desalination plant is in stand-by mode. During these periods, Babcock & Brown Wind Partners will sell the power to other customers.=94
To ensure a new wind farm is built for the desalination plant, Sydney Water has committed to buying a minimum of 180,000 RECs a year. Sydney Water will buy extra RECs whenever the plant is operating to match the plant=92s total energy use.
Negotiations are proceeding with contracts expected to be signed soon. "