The Underwood Wind Farm (Enbridge Ontario Wind Farm) is a wind farm located in Bruce County, Ontario, near the shores of Lake Huron. It was developed by Enbridge Inc., a Canadian corporation better known for involvement in fossil fuels and their distribution.

Underwood Wind Farm
(Enbridge Ontario Wind Farm)
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CountryCanada
LocationBruce County, Ontario, near the shores of Lake Huron
Coordinates44°20′20″N 81°27′32″W / 44.338967°N 81.458988°W / 44.338967; -81.458988
StatusOperational
Power generation
Units operational110 Vestas V82 wind turbines
Make and modelV82 1.65MW
Nameplate capacity181.5 megawatt (MW)

The farm consists of 110 Vestas V82 wind turbines, each rated at 1.65MW, for a total nameplate capacity of 181.5MW. The project includes a substation to step up the power generated by the turbines to 230kV for transmission.

The Enbridge Ontario Wind Farm is not the only energy development in the area; Bruce County also boasts the Huron Wind wind farm, and the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station.

Production (MWh)[1]
Year January February March April May June July August September October November December Total
2008 2,849 26,719 29,568
2009 28,014 31,884 37,432 47,459 42,571 13,417 18,550 28,008 21,017 42,282 36,228 51,693 338,657
2010 50,812 29,120 34,472 44,768 29,444 22,603 21,354 25,082 45,222 44,649 50,520 64,769 382,883
2011 40,569 59,119 39,396 50,229 34,300 20,264 18,300 22,180 30,587 40,065 67,519 55,894 378,734
2012 61,344 49,782 54,188 44,549 24,258 29,158 17,979 170,132

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