Commercial Operation on May 24, 2006

Erie Shores Wind Farm is a 99 MW wind farm developed by Erie Shores Wind Farm Limited Partnership. Over 5,260 hectares of farmland is optioned for wind power development in the townships of Bayham and Malahide in the Elgin County and the Old Houghton Township in the Norfolk County.

The wind farm utilizes 66 GE wind turbines. Each turbine has a rated capacity of 1,500 kilowatts. The wind turbines are dispersed over 25 kilometres of shoreline and extend up to approximately two to three kilometres back from the shoreline.

As part of the project, 24 kilometres of 34.5 kV underground cables and 28 kilometres of 34.5 kV overhead collector lines system were built on the site to collect and transport the clean energy generated by the turbines.

The power is stepped up to 115 kV and transmitted via a new 30 kilometre 115 kV transmission line (also built by this project) to a new Tillsonburg Junction, which is then connected to the existing Hydro One 115 kV circuit W8T to feed into the Ontario electricity market administered by the Independent Electricity System Operator.

It is estimated this wind farm will generate approximately 278,000 megawatt-hours of renewable energy per year.

Links:

Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund
http://www.macquarie.com/mpt/

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