Algonquin power has constructed a 99 megawatt wind farm near the town of St Leon in Manitoba, Canada. This is one of Canada’s biggest windfarms in operation. It can be found 150km southwest of Winnipeg and according to locals, it has brought a lot more attetion and money to the small town in terms of taxes and tourism.
St Leon’s Wind Turbine Stats
According to the Algonquin website, the windfarm consists of 63 Vestas V32 Wind turbine-generators which are each capable of delivering 1.65 megawatts. In addition they:
- Stand 60m tall
- Blade diameter of 82 meters
- Maximum capacity is reached when blades are moving at 10 meters / second
- Typical capacity is at 14.4RPM
- Weigh 220 tonnes each
All of these wind turbines create 99 megawatts of electricity – enough to power 41000 homes.
Pictures and Videos of the St Leon, Manitoba Windfarm
A little while back, I managfed to get some photos of this windfarm from Celesta Thiessen. Here is a Gallery of some of the amazing photos she took of it. See what you think, and feel free to leave your comments below:
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November 25th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
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December 4th, 2008 at 7:05 am
Great collection of wind turbine photographs… Manitoba is a very beautiful place as well.
December 5th, 2008 at 3:34 am
Thanks Kerry, they are indeed.
January 11th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
They look absolutely massive! I never really thought of wind turbines as been so interesting but this definitely makes me want to visit a wind farm.
January 17th, 2009 at 8:00 am
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January 29th, 2009 at 5:46 pm
I wonder why there aren’t more windfarms in the world. This is much more beautiful than an unsightly and ugly coal burning power plant. Hopefully Obama steps up to this.
February 15th, 2009 at 4:26 am
Whoa… 220 tonnes per unit? How on earth do they build these things?
That would take some serious cash to setup. Apparently you can get really cheap wind turbines and stuff for your home.
August 5th, 2009 at 8:35 am
this photos of windfarm are really amazing, so amazing. It is impressive fact that wind turbines create 99 megawatts of electricity – enough to power 41000 homes. I did not know that.
May 17th, 2010 at 6:03 am
Wind turbines are used to generate electricity from the kinetic power of the wind. Historical they were more frequently used as a mechanical device to turn machinery.