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Port Alma Wind Farm is a large
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project located on the north shore of
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in the Municipality of
Chatham–Kent Chatham-Kent (Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population: 104,316)Kruger Energy. The power will be fed into the Ontario
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administered by the Independent Electricity System Operator. The wind farm consists of forty four
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2.3 (MW) Mark II
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s, with an installed capacity of 101.2 (MW). It is capable of generating approx. 300 (GWh) annually, which will produce enough energy to power 30,000 household
Port Alma Current Output
The project study area is approx. 285 km2 centred on Port Alma. A substation was built to step-up the power to transmission level voltage and approximately of transmission line was built for connection to the Hydro One owned 230 kV circuits about east of
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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 ...
* List of offshore wind farms


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External links

*http://www.krugerenergie.com/port_alma/en/information.htm *http://www.powerauthority.on.ca/Page.asp?PageID=924&ContentID=5102 *https://web.archive.org/web/20091021071549/http://iw.kruger.com/KrugerEnergy/port_alma/index_A.htm
Sygration Ontario Hourly Generator Output Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) website
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