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The Centennial Wind Power Facility in Saskatchewan was the first wind farm in Canada to have a capacity of at least 100 MW upon completion in 2006. [1] Since then numerous other wind farms have surpassed the 100 MW threshold, most often through the expansion of existing wind farms. All but two of Canada's provinces or territories are home to at ...
Wind power has a history in Canada dating back many decades, particularly on prairie farms. As of December 2021, wind power generating capacity was approximately 14,304 megawatts (MW). Combined with 2,399 MW of solar power generating capacity, this provided about 6.5% of Canada's electricity demand as of 2020. [ 1 ]
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Caribou Wind Park as seen from the top of one of the turbines. Caribou Wind Park is a large wind farm project located approximately 70 km west of Bathurst, New Brunswick which was completed in November 2009. The farm is the second in New Brunswick. It is owned and operated by GDF Suez and the power is purchased by NB Power for supply to ...
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The wind farms generates 230 MW of electricity and is the second largest wind farm in Ontario by installed capacity after Henvey Inlet Wind Power Project. It is co-owned by Boralex, Enercon, and the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation. [1] [2] [3]
This wind farm was officially opened on April 13, 2006. The project comprises 66 GE 1.5 MW Wind Turbines (model 1.5 SLE). Each turbine has a blade diameter of 77 metres (253 ft), and is mounted on an 80-metre (260 ft) tubular tower. An important measure of renewable energy generation is the capacity factor (actual output per year divided by the ...
The wind farm was completed in three phases between 2008 and 2018. [1] The farm was the first in New Brunswick. It is owned and operated by TransAlta and the power is purchased by NB Power for supply to consumers. [2] As of 2021, the farm consisted of forty-nine 3-megawatt (MW) wind turbines and 5 3.45-MW turbines, for a total capacity of 167 ...