Kent Hills Wind Farm
Kent Hills Wind Farm is a large wind farm project in Elgin, New Brunswick. The wind farm was completed in three phases between 2008 and 2018. The farm was the first in New Brunswick. It is owned and operated by TransAlta and the power is purchased by NB Power for supply to consumers.
As of 2018, the farm consisted of fifty 3 megawatt wind turbines and 5 3.45 MW turbines for a total capacity of 167 MW. The project produces 580,000 megawatt hours per year. The turbines used are Vestas V90-3MW model, which have a rotor diameter of and sit atop an tower.
It is the largest wind farm in Atlantic Canada.
