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Canadian project gets a green light

Construction is set to begin on the 75MW Amherst Island wind project, after an Ontario tribunal denied an appeal against its approval. The provincial environmental review tribunal upheld a renewable energy approval that was granted a year ago. Amherst Island is located in Lake Ontario, 15km southwest of Kingston.

which includes 26 Siemens 3.2MW-113 turbines, a 34.5kV/115kV substation anda 4.5km underwater cable to the mainland and the Hydro One distribution system. Final development and construction is expected to take 12 to 18 months. The wind farm, which is costing around $211 million, is scheduled to begin commercial operation in 2018 and to produce 235GWh per year.

Canadian developer Algonquin Power now plans to start work on the project,

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