Kent Hills

TransAlta, in cooperation with local development partner Natural Forces Technologies Inc., has developed the first wind farm in New Brunswick. The project is located on Crown land in the Kent Hills area. Construction began in the spring of 2008 and was completed December 31, 2008.

The facility represents an investment of $170 million by TransAlta and will produce approximately 280,000 megawatt hours annually - enough energy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 195,000 tonnes per year.

There is the potential to expand the Kent Hills wind farm and it is our intent to bid into the next commercial opportunity that becomes available in New Brunswick.

The expansion would add 54 MW of capacity (18 turbines; 3 MW each).

At a Glance

• Location: 13 km WNW of Riverside-Albert, 27 km SSE of Salisbury, 32 km SSW of Moncton
• Technology: 32 Turbines - 3 MW each on 80 m towers with 45 metre blade length

Note: TransAlta gratefully acknowledges Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) for its support for this project through the eco Energy for Renewable Power (eERP) program.