Centennial Wind Power Facility

Opened: 2006
Where: Swift Current, SK
Fuel source: Wind
Power capacity: 150 megawatts (MW)

Facts about the Centennial Wind Power Facility

• Located about 25 kilometres southeast of Swift Current.
• There are 83 wind turbines in total. They’re built on 7,500 acres of land.
• Each turbine produces 1.8 MW of power.
• The turbine blades are 39 metres long. Rotating at a speed of 17 revolutions per minute. That means they’re spinning at 256 km/h!
• The turbines get their full power at wind speeds of 50 km/h. But they’ll run when wind speeds are between 15 and 90 km/h.
• From the top of the blades to the ground is about 30 storeys (107 metres).
• Each turbine tower is 67 meters tall and weighs 117 tonnes. While the rotor is 80 meters in diameter and weighs 35 tonnes.
• 2,500 truckloads of concrete were used in the pouring of the tower foundations.
• All the wind turbines were:
  • Supplied and installed by Vestas-Canadian Wind Technology, Inc.
  • Manufactured by Hitachi Canadian Industries Ltd. in Saskatoon.
• The Government of Canada has provided about $54 million in funding over 10 years. This is through the Wind Power Production Incentive (WPPI) program.

See the Centennial Wind Power Facility