Kent Hills Wind Farm Explained
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]
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 90m (300feet) and sit atop an 800NaN0 tower.
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.
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Notes and References
- Web site: Kent Hills . Trans Alta Clean Power . TransAlta Corporation . 2 August 2019 . 24 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201124120735/https://transalta.com/facilities/plants-operation/kent-hills/ . dead .
- Web site: Kent Hills Transmission Line. NB Power. 2008. 2009-06-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20090901063345/http://www.nbpower.com/html/en/about/future/kh.html. 2009-09-01. dead.
- Web site: TransAlta expands Kent Hills wind power project . . 2007-07-17 . 2008-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080527023635/http://www.transalta.com/transalta/webcms.nsf/AllDoc/8B9FAE1383E2E0C98725731B004A8539?OpenDocument . 2008-05-27 . dead .
- Web site: TransAlta wind farm in N.B. Temporarily taken offline after tower collapse. MSN. 2021-10-18. 2021-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20211018172435/https://www.msn.com/en-ca/money/topstories/transalta-wind-farm-in-n-b-temporarily-taken-offline-after-tower-collapse/ar-AAPFjgm?ocid=msedgntp. bot: unknown.
