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Ardenville

Ardenville

The Ardenville Wind Facility is located in the Municipal District of Willow Creek, Alberta approximately eight kilometres south of Fort Macleod and adjacent to the Macleod Flats wind facility.

The $135 million project incorporates 23 3-megawatt (MW) wind turbines for a nameplate capacity of 69 MW. The Ardenville facility provides an annual average of 218,500 megawatt-hours of energy per year.

TransAlta started construction of the facility in 2010 and achieved commercial operation on budget and several months ahead of schedule.

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Ardenville

Fort Macleod, AB

Wind

Fuel type

69 MW

Gross Installed Capacity

100%

TransAlta ownership

Stats at a glance

TransAlta-operated First on-stream Revenue source TransAlta-built
Yes 2010 Merchant Yes

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