ACCIONA Energía Brings 280-MW Wind Farm Online in Canada
ACCIONA Energía has announced the start of commercial operations at the company’s 280-MW Forty Mile Wind Farm in Alberta, Canada. The Forty Mile installation is one of Canada’s 10 largest wind farms and the largest facility of its kind that ACCIONA Energía has built to date in North America.
Forty Mile features 49 Nordex turbines, each with a capacity of 5.7 MW and a tower height of 108 meters. The wind farm will reduce CO2 emissions by 600,000 metric tons per year, the company said in a May 26 news release.
Beyond delivering clean energy, the Forty Mile Wind Farm has a direct positive economic impact on the local communities where the project is located. During peak construction, the project created more than 200 direct jobs, and it will maintain 25 full-time positions for ongoing operations and maintenance.
In addition, the project is expected to contribute more than CAD $133 million ($96.4 million) in property tax revenues over its lifetime, benefitting public services and local communities. The project also is providing financial support to local non-profit organizations, such as the Bow Island Food Bank, Root Cellar Food & Wellness Hub and the Medicine Hat Women’s Shelter Society.
ACCIONA Energía has been operating in North America for 20 years, where it boasts a current installed capacity of 3.45 GW of renewable energy in different technologies, including solar, concentrated solar power, wind and battery energy storage systems.
—POWER edited this content, which was contributed by ACCIONA Energía.
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