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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]
The Blackspring Ridge Wind Project is a wind farm located in Vulcan County, Alberta. The wind farms generates 300 MW of electricity and was the largest wind farm in Western Canada by installed capacity, until the completion of the Whitla, Alberta wind farm was expanded to 353MW in December 2021. [2] It is co-owned by EDF Renewables and Enbridge ...
The wind farm is located on the shores of Lake Huron in Huron-Kinloss Township, approximately 220 kilometres west of Toronto and 140 kilometres north of London. [ 1 ] The project is expected to have the capacity to generate enough zero-emission electricity to power 24,000 homes and offset approximately 66,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually.
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 ]
The Scroby Sands offshore wind farm was opened by E-ON in 2004. When the site first opened it had 30 turbines that were estimated to provide 60MW of renewable energy - enough to supply around ...
This is a list of the onshore wind farms that are larger than 250 MW in current nameplate capacity. Many of these wind farms have been built in stages, and construction of a further stage may be continuing at some of these sites. The Gansu Wind Farm in China is the largest wind farm in the world, with a target capacity of 20,000 MW by 2020.
The Mesgi'g Ugju's'n (MU) Wind Farm, "big wind" in Mi'gmaq is a 149.25 megawatt (MW) wind farm currently under construction in eastern Quebec, Canada. The MU wind farm is expected to produce enough electricity to power approximately 30,000 homes. [2] The wind project is owned and developed in a 50-50 partnership between the three Mi’gmaq ...
The Amaranth Wind Farm, also known as the Melancthon EcoPower Centre, is a 199.5 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Amaranth and Melancthon Township, near Shelburne, Ontario. The centre is owned and operated by TransAlta and at the time of opening, was Canada's largest wind energy installation.