WindShare
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WindShare is a Toronto-based community renewable energy cooperative. It built North America's first urban wind turbine: the Exhibition Place Turbine (located on the shore of Lake Ontario on the grounds of Exhibition Place in Toronto). It is 50% owned by Toronto Hydro and is the first urban wind turbine in any North American city. It was built in 2003 by a Dutch manufacturer.
[edit] Specifications
- Model: 750 kW, direct drive, Lagerwey model LW 52 wind turbine
- Height: 94 metres high, or roughly 30 storeys (tower 65m, rotor diameter 52m)
- Weight: approximately 121,000 kg
- Blades: three blades measure 24 metres in length
- Rotation: maximum approximately 27 rpm
- Energy Output: 128 kilowatts in winds of 10-12 knots
- Cost: approximately CAD$1.6 million
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