Caribou Wind Park
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Caribou Wind Park is a large wind farm
project located approximately 70 km west of Bathurst
, New Brunswick
which was completed in November 2009. The farm is the second in New Brunswick. It is owned and operated by GDF Suez
and the power is purchased by NB Power
for supply to consumers.
The farm consists of thirty-three 3 megawatt (MW) wind turbine
s for a total capacity of 99 MW. The turbines used are Vestas V90-3MW
model, which have a rotor diameter of 90 metres (295 ft) and sit atop an 80 metres (262 ft) tower.
The project's 'phase one' is now completed with a 'phase two' planned at an undetermined date in the future to add more turbines increasing the total output to 200 MW.
Wind farm
A wind farm is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electric power. A large wind farm may consist of several hundred individual wind turbines, and cover an extended area of hundreds of square miles, but the land between the turbines may be used for agricultural or other...
project located approximately 70 km west of Bathurst
Bathurst, New Brunswick
Bathurst is a Canadian city in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.Bathurst is situated on Bathurst Harbour, an estuary at the mouth of the Nepisiguit River at the southernmost part of Chaleur Bay....
, New Brunswick
New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...
which was completed in November 2009. The farm is the second in New Brunswick. It is owned and operated by GDF Suez
GDF Suez
GDF Suez S.A. is a French multinational energy company which operates in the fields of electricity generation and distribution, natural gas and renewable energy. The world's largest utility after taking control of Britain's International Power, the company was initially formed by the merger of Gaz...
and the power is purchased by NB Power
NB Power
NB Power , formerly known as New Brunswick Power Corporation and New Brunswick Electric Power Commission is the primary and former monopoly electrical utility in the Canadian province of New Brunswick...
for supply to consumers.
The farm consists of thirty-three 3 megawatt (MW) wind turbine
Wind turbine
A wind turbine is a device that converts kinetic energy from the wind into mechanical energy. If the mechanical energy is used to produce electricity, the device may be called a wind generator or wind charger. If the mechanical energy is used to drive machinery, such as for grinding grain or...
s for a total capacity of 99 MW. The turbines used are Vestas V90-3MW
Vestas V90-3MW
The Vestas V90-3MW is a three bladed upwind wind turbine generator that uses pitch control and a doubly fed induction generator...
model, which have a rotor diameter of 90 metres (295 ft) and sit atop an 80 metres (262 ft) tower.
The project's 'phase one' is now completed with a 'phase two' planned at an undetermined date in the future to add more turbines increasing the total output to 200 MW.