Wind turbines on Ross Island save 122,000 gallons of diesel

Three wind turbines on Antarctica's Ross Island have saved approximately 122,000 gallons of diesel consumption over 15 years. The Ross Island Wind Farm, built between 2008 and 2009 by New Zealand company Meridian Energy, supplies power to the American McMurdo Station and the New Zealand Scott Base. The specially designed Enercon E33 turbines, each producing 330 kilowatts, were anchored on...