Wintering Hills is an 88 MW wind power plant in Canada, operated by Suncor and Teck. Ranked #64 of 275 wind plants in Canada. Its 88 MW represents 0.66% of Canada's total wind capacity of 13,283 MW. The largest wind plant in Canada is Trillium Power Wind 1 at 400 MW, making Wintering Hills 4.5 times smaller. Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Bassano (2 MW, Solar) and Green Acres (2 MW, Solar). The facility is located in Alberta, approximately 150 km east of Calgary.
Canada, North America
- 333. largest of 1,334 plants in Canada
- #10,815 worldwide by installed capacity
- #931 of 5,731 Wind plants worldwide
- 0.05% of the installed capacity of Canada
Suncor / Teck operates 1 plants totalling 88 MW
11 plants within 100 km, 3,288 MW combined
Source: Natural Resources Canada
Location
Zero Direct Emissions
Wintering Hills is a wind power plant producing approximately 231 GWh of clean electricity per year with zero direct CO₂ emissions during operation.
Lifecycle emissions: ~11 g CO₂/kWh (manufacturing, transport, decommissioning)
Technical Details
- Primary Fuel Type
- Wind
- Energy Source
- Renewable
- Country
Canada- Continent
- North America
- Data Source
- Global Power Plant Database
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