TransAlta Shutters Canada's Oldest Windfarm

SUGAR LAND--March 29, 2016--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The oldest windfarm in Canada is being decommissioned by TransAlta Corporation (Calgary, Alberta) after 22 years of service. After the decommissioning, which is expected to be completed by June, the Cowley Ridge windfarm will be repowered at some time in the future, utilizing eight 2.4-megawatt (MW) wind turbines to produce 20 MW. Located near Pincher Creek, Alberta, the facility site is considered one of the best wind resource areas in the province, where wind blows across Crowsnest Pass and can at times exceed 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles per hour). Within this article: Details history of the windfarm as well as describing the current wind energy climate in Alberta.