Wind Energy

Wind energy in Canada: Largest wind farm opens in Lakeshore

Essex County is now home to Canada’s largest wind farm, a wind power project which has 94 wind turbines capable of generating216 megawatts of power which is enough electricity to provide for the needs of 70,000 homes annually.

The new 72-turbine, 166-megawatt Comber wind farm was officially opened by officials of Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners Tuesday and joins the company’s earlier project, a 22-turbine wind farm near Kingsville.

Owned and operated by Brookfield , the new wind farm will also generate $40 million in lease payments for local landowners over the next 20 years as well as $400,000 in new tax revenues for the Town of Lakeshore.

Wind power in Canada

1997: 25 MW
1998: 82 MW (+228 %)
1999: 125 MW (+52.5 %)
2000: 137 MW (+9.6 %)
2001: 207 MW (+51.1 %)
2002: 236 MW (+14.1 %)
2003: 322 MW (+36.5 %)
2004: 444 MW (+37.9 %)
2005: 683 MW (+53.9 %)
2006: 1,460 MW (+113.8 %)
2007: 1,846 MW (+26.5 %)
2008: 2,369 MW (+28.4 %)
2009: 3,319 MW (+40.2 %)
2010: 4,008 MW (+20.8 %)
2011: 5,265 MW (+31.4 %)

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