Offshore wind power project will make Ontario a global leader
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VINCE VERSACE | Source: Daily Commercial News
Trillium [Power] intends to build a 140-turbine offshore wind farm between 20 to 25 kilometres from the Prince Edward County shoreline in Eastern Ontario. The wind farm would generate 710 megwatts of power, enough to power 250,000 homes in Ontario.
Wind at Trillium’s project site has been measured at nine metres per second and in recent storms reached top speeds of 110 km/h. There are no shipping lanes in the area and the wind farm will create a “reef effect” for aquatic life. Also, bird flight patterns on the Great Lakes are generally along the shore and rarely reach out into the middle of the lake, Kourtoff says.
01 • Resolute Says: 28.01.08 at 2:17 pm
This is not the only project planned around Prince Edward County for off-shore and near-shore wind energy development. Gilead Power also claims “title” to 8500 hectares off the south shore of Prince Edward County. Previously Trillium had indicated that the project would be in the shallow waters around Main Duck Island, which is not that far from the shipping channel. We can expect a significant number of turbines to be situated in the eastern end of Lake Ontario. Should make for interesting navigation through the maze of turbines.