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Overview
Brookfield Renewable Power is proposing a wind energy project that will generate up to 250 megawatts (MW) of safe and pollution-free renewable
energy in the Municipalities of Lakeshore and Kingsville in the County of Essex, Ontario – enough electricity to power approximately 80,000 homes.
Project Statistics |
| Turbines (Vestas V82-1.65MWl) |
~149 |
| Installed capacity |
~ 250 MW |
| Energy capacity to power |
~80,000 homes |
| Estimated amount of CO2 emissions avoided |
~ 700,000 tonnes/year |
| Study area |
113,000 hectares |
| Total land area required for project infrastructure |
80-120 hectares |
| Tower height |
80 metres |
| Blade length |
38 - 47 metres |
| Wind speed to achieve rated power |
13 m/s; 47 km/hr |
| Typical blade rotation speed |
14-15 rpm |
| Weight of tower, nacelle, blades |
257 tonnes |
~ means approximately
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