TransAltaÂ’s Kent Hills wind farm now operating
TransAlta said the facility uses 32 3-megawatt wind generators to produce electricity at the Kent Hills site, 30 kilometers (19 miles) southwest of Moncton, New Brunswick, and will produce enough power for 17,300 homes.
The Calgary-based company has said the Kent Hills wind farm can be further expanded to add an additional 54 megawatts of power.
TransAlta now has 248 megawatts of wind-powered generation and a total generating capacity of 8,788 megawatts from 50 facilities in North America and Australia.
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WINGHAM, ONT. - The world’s largest nuclear plant, just made Canada’s largest donation of personal protective equipment (PPE).
Bruce Power is doubling it’s initial donation of 600,000 masks, gloves and gowns for front-line health workers, to 1.2 million pieces of PPE.
The company, which operates the Bruce Nuclear station near Kincardine, Ont. plans to have the equipment in the hands of hospitals, long-term care homes and first responders by the end of April.
It’s not the only thing Bruce Power is doing to help out Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic:
Bruce Power has donated $300,000 to 37 food banks in Midwestern Ontario.
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