VIDEO: Samsung, Pattern Development start up Ontario wind farm

Samsung, Pattern Development start up Ontario wind farm

04/09/2018  

By Editors of Electric Light & Power/ POWERGRID International 

Samsung Renewable Energy and Pattern Energy Group LP announced that North Kent Wind, a 100 MW wind power facility located in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent, has completed construction and is fully operational.

“Samsung is proud to complete its sixth wind project under our Green Energy Investment Agreement with the government of Ontario,” said Eskay Lee, Vice President, Samsung C&T. “Samsung and its partners have created jobs and invested in the community, benefiting real people in Chatham-Kent and across the province.”  

“North Kent Wind marks our sixth operational wind power facility in Ontario, totaling more than one gigawatt of capacity, enough to power more than 400,000 homes each year,” said Mike Garland, President and CEO of Pattern Development. “North Kent Wind was built entirely by Ontario workers and is generating substantial economic benefits in the Municipality of Chatham-Kent by injecting more than $40 million in direct spending into the local economy over the next 20 years.”

North Kent Wind is using 34 Siemens Gamesa 3.2 MW wind turbines with towers and blades that were made in Ontario. During the peak of construction activity, North Kent Wind employed about 175 skilled workers, 100 percent of which were from Ontario, with the majority from the local area. The facility has about ten permanent employees for ongoing operations and maintenance, in addition to using a number of local contractors.

https://www.elp.com/articles/2018/04/samsung-pattern-development-start-up-ontario-wind-farm.html

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