Kent Hills Wind Farm
Kent Hills Wind Farm is a large wind farm project near Moncton, New Brunswick which was completed on December 31, 2008.[1] The farm is 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]
The farm consists of thirty-two 3 megawatt (MW) wind turbines for a total capacity of 96 MW. The project produces 280,000 megawatt hours per year,[3] enough power for 17,000 homes. The turbines used are Vestas V90-3MW model, which have a rotor diameter of 90 metres (295 ft) and sit atop an 80-metre (262 ft) tower.[1]
There are plans to expand the wind farm by an extra 18 turbines at an undetermined date in the future.[1]
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- ^ a b c "Kent Hills Wind Farm". TransAlta. 2008-09-04. http://www.visionquestwind.com/transalta/webcms.nsf/AllDoc/A647AF10F8DBED68872574BA0075CB5C?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ^ "Kent Hills Transmission Line". NB Power. 2008. http://www.nbpower.com/html/en/about/future/kh.html. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ^ "TransAlta expands Kent Hills wind power project". TransAlta. 2007-07-17. Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. http://web.archive.org/web/20080527023635/http://www.transalta.com/transalta/webcms.nsf/AllDoc/8B9FAE1383E2E0C98725731B004A8539?OpenDocument. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
Coordinates: 45°48′20″N 64°53′45″W / 45.80556°N 64.89583°W
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