Port Burwell Wind Farm (formerly known as the Erie Shores Wind Farm) is a large wind farm near Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada. The facility stretches approximately 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) to the west of the town, and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) to the southeast.
In 2004, Port Burwell was awarded a generation contract by the Government of Ontario as part of its renewable energy plan. This wind farm was officially opened on April 13, 2006 to the delight of progressive leaders and to the dismay of local residents and bird conservationists.
The project comprises 66 GE 1.5 MW Wind Turbines (model 1.5 SLE). Each turbine has a blade diameter of 77 metres (253 ft), and is mounted on an 80 metre (260 ft) tubular tower.
An important measure of renewable energy generation is the capacity factor (actual output per year divided by the nameplate output). In 2009 the output was 232,296 megawatt-hours (836,270 GJ) and in 2010 the output was 227,778 megawatt-hours (820,000 GJ), so the capacity factor was 26.8% and 26.2% respectively. Published reports show that the developers were expecting the capacity factor to be higher – 28.6% to 32%.
| Year | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 780 | 2,726 | 9,145 | 12,226 | 8,393 | 18,044 | 25,678 | 14,420 | 32,949 | 124,361 | |||
| 2007 | 27,634 | 31,724 | 29,335 | 25,257 | 14,229 | 11,814 | 10,728 | 9,301 | 7,955 | 23,845 | 26,039 | 25,285 | 183,788 |
| 2008 | 38,123 | 20,368 | 23,256 | 19,545 | 19,029 | 15,180 | 12,295 | 10,853 | 11,875 | 23,044 | 23,076 | 37,186 | 195,339 |
| 2009 | 28,053 | 23,673 | 20,186 | 29,483 | 17,401 | 8,577 | 10,267 | 12,469 | 12,453 | 24,904 | 17,844 | 26,964 | 180,548 |
| 2010 | 26,269 | 15,324 | 18,913 | 21,368 | 19,610 | 13,066 | 9,122 | 9,510 | 18,376 | 23,895 | 23,582 | 28,725 | 186,167 |
| 2011 | 20,142 | 31,043 | 19,439 | 25,301 | 14,633 | 12,641 | 8,801 | 9,394 | 13,753 | 20,943 | 34,548 | 26,020 | 185,473 |
| 2012 | 33,682 | 25,593 | 24,667 | 19,700 | 12,548 | 15,199 | 9,338 | 81,452 |
Famous quotes containing the words port, wind and/or farm:
“The triumphs of peace have been in some proximity to war. Whilst the hand was still familiar with the sword-hilt, whilst the habits of the camp were still visible in the port and complexion of the gentleman, his intellectual power culminated; the compression and tension of these stern conditions is a training for the finest and softest arts, and can rarely be compensated in tranquil times, except by some analogous vigor drawn from occupations as hardy as war.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“The Wind begun to rock the Grass
With threatening Tunes and low—”
—Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)
“The shifting islands! who would not be willing that his house should be undermined by such a foe! The inhabitant of an island can tell what currents formed the land which he cultivates; and his earth is still being created or destroyed. There before his door, perchance, still empties the stream which brought down the material of his farm ages before, and is still bringing it down or washing it away,—the graceful, gentle robber!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)