Huron Wind is the first commercial
wind farm
A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used Wind power, to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundre ...
in
Ontario
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. It is located in the village of
Inverhuron, Ontario
Inverhuron is a community located in Bruce County within the Municipality of Kincardine in the Canadian province of Ontario. The community includes approximately 200 permanent residents and 400 seasonal cottagers.
Inverhuron is located on the s ...
near
Tiverton, and consists of 5
Vestas
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V80-1.8MW
wind turbine
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s.
It is next to the Bruce Power Visitor Centre, within sight of the
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power station located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron in Ontario, Canada. It occupies 932 ha (2300 acres) of land. The facility derives its name from Bruce Township, the local municipality when ...
, and adjacent to the larger
Enbridge Ontario Wind Farm. Groundbreaking was on July 11, 2002, and it was declared officially in service on December 1, 2002.
The project is owned by a consortium of BPC Generation Infrastructure Trust,
Cameco Corporation
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and
TransCanada PipeLines Limited
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.
See also
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List of wind farms in Canada
This is a list of operational wind farms in Canada with a capacity of at least 100 MW. 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 ...
References
External links
Official Huron Wind site
Buildings and structures in Bruce County
Wind farms in Ontario
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