The Underwood Wind Farm (Enbridge Ontario Wind Farm) is a wind farm located in Bruce County, Ontario, near the shores of Lake Huron. It was developed by Enbridge Inc., a Canadian corporation better known for involvement in fossil fuels and their distribution.
| Underwood Wind Farm (Enbridge Ontario Wind Farm) | |
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| Country | Canada |
| Location | Bruce County, Ontario, near the shores of Lake Huron |
| Coordinates | 44°20′20″N 81°27′32″W / 44.338967°N 81.458988°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 110 Vestas V82 wind turbines |
| Make and model | V82 1.65MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 181.5 megawatt (MW) |
The farm consists of 110 Vestas V82 wind turbines, each rated at 1.65MW, for a total nameplate capacity of 181.5MW. The project includes a substation to step up the power generated by the turbines to 230kV for transmission.
The Enbridge Ontario Wind Farm is not the only energy development in the area; Bruce County also boasts the Huron Wind wind farm, and the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station.
| Year | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total |
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| 2008 | 2,849 | 26,719 | 29,568 | ||||||||||
| 2009 | 28,014 | 31,884 | 37,432 | 47,459 | 42,571 | 13,417 | 18,550 | 28,008 | 21,017 | 42,282 | 36,228 | 51,693 | 338,657 |
| 2010 | 50,812 | 29,120 | 34,472 | 44,768 | 29,444 | 22,603 | 21,354 | 25,082 | 45,222 | 44,649 | 50,520 | 64,769 | 382,883 |
| 2011 | 40,569 | 59,119 | 39,396 | 50,229 | 34,300 | 20,264 | 18,300 | 22,180 | 30,587 | 40,065 | 67,519 | 55,894 | 378,734 |
| 2012 | 61,344 | 49,782 | 54,188 | 44,549 | 24,258 | 29,158 | 17,979 | 170,132 |
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References
edit- ^ Wind Power in Ontario Archived 2014-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
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