Wind In A Box Article

Wind in a Box: The wind power prices are rising but people continue to pay. Photo: ASHLEY BETTS

Story: ASHLEY BETTS

Weather To Pay?

The current hike in wind prices has caused Wellington’s exports to rise in value by 35%, making them the leader in natural wind sales. With summer round the corner, people are stocking up their wind power to be fully prepared for the lack of in the coming months. The price hike has not

dettered sales, but rather made people buy more, as wind becomes more scarce the price will continue to grow.

Wellington provides the most natural and strongest wind worldwide, with

Rejkjavik, Iceland and Cape Town, South Africa coming second and third respectively.

WindPower is the main provider in

Wellington with controlling 65% of the market share. CEO Jillian Keith stated that “Wind is becoming more essential but the resource is only natural in certain areas;

Wellington has utilized it’s once undesirable resource and converted it to a multi-billion dollar essential export.”