Kent Hills Wind Farm

Kent Hills Wind Farm is a large wind farm project located southeast from Prosser Brook, New Brunswick. The wind farm was completed in three phases between 2008 and 2018.[1] The farm was the first in New Brunswick. It is owned and operated by TransAlta and the power is purchased by NB Power for supply to consumers.[2]

The Kent Hills Wind Farm seen from Moncton

As of 2021, the farm consisted of forty-nine 3-megawatt (MW) wind turbines and 5 3.45-MW turbines, for a total capacity of 167 MW. The project produces 580,000 megawatt hours per year.[3] The turbines used are Vestas V90-3MW model, which have a rotor diameter of 90 metres (295 ft) and sit atop an 80-metre (262 ft) tower.[1]

In October 2021 a tower, in phase two of the project, collapsed because of a bad foundation. Initially all WTG were taken off line as a precaution. TransAlta Renewables have found deficiencies in the design of all of the windmill foundations. Costs to replace them are quoted to be 75-100 million dollars. [4]

It is the largest wind farm in Atlantic Canada.

See also

References
  1. "Kent Hills". Trans Alta Clean Power. TransAlta Corporation. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. "Kent Hills Transmission Line". NB Power. 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-09-01. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  3. "TransAlta expands Kent Hills wind power project". TransAlta. 2007-07-17. Archived from the original on 2008-05-27. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
  4. "TransAlta wind farm in N.B. Temporarily taken offline after tower collapse". MSN. Archived from the original on 2021-10-18. Retrieved 2021-10-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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