150 megawatt (MW) wind power facility commissioned in March 2006

Built on 7,500 acres (30-square kilometres) of land

Each of the 83 Vestas V80 wind turbines generates up to 1.8 MW of power

Each wind turbine rotor is 80 metres in diameter and weighs 35 tonnes
Each turbine blade is 39 metres long

Each nacelle is the size of a bus and weighs 70 tonnes

When generating power, blades rotate at a speed of 17 revolutions per minute and the tips of the blades spin at 256 km/hr

At their highest point, each blade reaches 107 metres – approximately 30 stories above the ground

The turbines operate between wind speeds of 15 km/hr and 90 km/hr. They reach full power at wind speeds of 50 km/hr

Each turbine tower is 67 meters tall, and weighs 117 tonnes.

Supply and installation of wind turbines completed by Vestas-Canadian Wind Technology, Inc.

All towers were manufactured by Hitachi Canadian Industries Ltd. in Saskatoon

2,500 truckloads of concrete were used in the pouring of the tower foundations

The last wind turbine was fully erected on February 1, 2006, one year and a day after the ground was broken to start construction of the foundations

The Government of Canada will provide approximately $54 million in funding over 10 years through the Wind Power Production Incentive (WPPI) program.

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