Roaring 40s was an electricity generator formed in 2005 as a joint venture between
Hydro Tasmania
Hydro Tasmania, known for most of its history as the Hydro-Electric Commission (HEC) or The Hydro, is the trading name of the Hydro-Electric Corporation, a Tasmanian Government business enterprise which is the predominant electricity generator i ...
,
Australia and Hong Kong-based
China Light & Power (CLP). Roaring 40s had 13 sites in operation or in planning in
Australia,
India
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,
Hong Kong
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and mainland
China.
Cathedral Rocks
The Cathedral Rocks () are a series of four abrupt cliffs interspersed by short glaciers and surmounted by sharp peaks. The cliffs extend for along the south side of Ferrar Glacier and form part of the north shoulder of the Royal Society Range, ...
,
Woolnorth
Cape Grim, officially Kennaook / Cape Grim, is the northwestern point of Tasmania, Australia. The Peerapper name for the cape is recorded as ''Kennaook''.
It is the location of the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station and of the Cape Gri ...
, Waterloo Wind Farm and
Musselroe are four notable
power plant
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s that the company owned.
Roaring 40s split in June 2011 with the projects being divided between the two original partners, CLP and Hydro Tasmania.
See also
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Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm
External links
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Electric power companies of Australia
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