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Kent Hills Wind Farm
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Posted by Energetic
Kent Hills Wind Farm is a large wind farm project near Moncton, New Brunswick which was completed on December 31, 2008. The farm is the first in New Brunswick. It is owned and operated by TransAlta and the power is purchased by NB Power for supply to consumers.
The Kent Hills Wind Farm consists of thirty-two 3 megawatt (MW) wind turbines for a total capacity of 96 MW. The project produces 280,000 megawatt hours per year, enough power for 17,000 homes. 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.
There are plans to expand the wind farm by an extra 18 turbines at an undetermined date in the future.
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