Roaring 40s

Roaring 40s
TypeJoint venture
IndustryEnergy
FoundedSeptember 2005
DefunctJune 2011
Headquarters,
Australia
Area served
Oceania
ProductsElectricity
ParentHydro Tasmania (50%)
CLP Group (50%)
Websitewww.roaring40s.com

Roaring 40s was an electricity generator formed in 2005 as a 50:50 joint venture between Hydro Tasmania and CLP Group.

Roaring 40s had 13 sites in operation or in planning in Australia, China, Hong Kong and India. Cathedral Rocks, Goyder, Musselroe, Waterloo and Woolnorth were windfarmss that it owned.

In June 2009, the company's wind farms in China and India were taken over by CLP Group. The joint venture was dissolved in June 2011 with the assets being divided between the two partners.

References

  1. ↑ Overview Roaring 40s
  2. ↑ Tasmanian company Roaring 40s points the way to Australia’s clean energy future Government of Australia 6 June 2006
  3. ↑ Matthew Dillon (2008), "Windfall, Mark Kelleher, managing director of Tasmanian wind energy company Roaring 40", Intheblack, 78 (3): 21–22, ISSN 1832-0899
  4. ↑ Australian wind power company looks to China PM 2 June 2006
  5. ↑ Our Portfolio Roaring 40s
  6. ↑ CLP Expands Renewables Portfolio Through R40s Acquisition CLP Group 7 April 2009
  7. ↑ Hydro Tasmania and China Light and Power - proposed splitting of Roaring 40s wind farm assets Australian Competition & Consumer Commission 29 June 2011
  8. ↑ Annual Report for year ended 30 June 2011 Hydro Tasmania