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Early development of wind energy in Canada was located primarily in Ontario, Quebec, and Alberta. Alberta built the first commercial wind farm in Canada in 1993. Throughout the late 1990s and early years of the 21st Century every Canadian province has pursued wind power to supplement their provincial energy grids.
This is a list of the ten largest operational wind farms in Canada.The name of the wind farm is the name used by the energy company when referring to the farm. 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]
In 2004, Port Burwell was awarded a generation contract by the Government of Ontario as part of its renewable energy plan. 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 ...
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This is one of the many wind turbines on Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada. Wolfe Island Wind Farm is a large wind farm project located on Wolfe Island, Ontario (near Kingston, Ontario). The wind farm became operational on June 29, 2009. [1] It is owned and operated by Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc., through its subsidiary Canadian Renewable Energy
The power will be fed into the Ontario electricity market administered by the Independent Electricity System Operator. The wind farm consists of forty four Siemens 2.3 Mark II wind turbines, with an installed capacity of 101.2 (MW). It is capable of generating approx. 300 annually, which will produce enough energy to power 30,000 households.
The Niagara Region Wind Farm is a wind farm located in the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Ontario. 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 .
The Ripley Wind Power Project is a 76 megawatt (MW) wind power project near Ripley, Ontario. [ 1 ] The wind farm includes 38 Enercon E-82 wind turbines , each with two megawatt rated power, 82m rotor diameter and 79m hub height as well as a transmission line and two electrical sub-stations.