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Wind Turbines in Ontario

By Dan Dakin

  • First wind turbine installed near Kincardine

    First wind turbine installed near Kincardine
    First industrial wind turbine in Ontario was built in Kincardine and went online in 1994.

  • Canada's largest wind farm built

    Canada's largest wind farm built
    Canada's largest wind farm built in Sault Ste Marie (189MW) along with four other major wind farms.

  • Green Energy Act

    Green Energy Act
    The Ontario government passes the Green Energy Act to provide province-wide regulations over the production and development of clean energy.

  • Wolfe Island wind farm

    Wolfe Island wind farm
    The 198MW Wolfe Island wind farm comes online with 83 2.3MW turbines.

  • Niagara Region Wind Corp FIT

    Niagara Region Wind Corp FIT
    The Niagara Region Wind Corporation is awarded a Feed-In-Tariff contract.

  • NRWC holds first public meetings

    The Niagara Region Wind Corporation holds its first public meetings for the 77-turbine development it plans to construction in West Niagara.

  • NRWC's draft energy report provided to stakeholders.

    NRWC's draft energy report provided to stakeholders.
    NRWC's draft renewable energy report provided to stakeholders

  • Final public meetings

    Final public meetings
    NRWC plans to hold 6 public meetings in West Niagara before submitting plans for approval.