Canada

Dalhousie Mountain — 51 MW Wind

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Dalhousie Mountain is a 51 MW wind power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
51 MW

Installed

Commissioned
2002

Year online

Owner
TransAlta

Operator

Location
45.58, -62.98

Coordinates

Insights

#438
largest in Canada
#1,258
largest Wind worldwide
#12,986
largest worldwide
2002
10 yrs older than avg
19
operated by TransAlta
36
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Wind
Capacity
51 MW
Commissioned
2002
Status
Operational
Owner
TransAlta
Country
Canada
Coordinates
45.576, -62.976

Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
1,474 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
36,858 t

over ~25 yrs

Intensity
11 g

Est. gCO2/kWh

Annual emissions equivalent to

321
cars per year
197
homes per year
67,014
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

Nearby Plants

About this plant

Dalhousie Mountain is a 51 MW wind power plant in Canada.

Ranked #95 of 275 wind plants in Canada, Dalhousie Mountain’s 51 MW represents 0.38% of Canada’s total wind capacity of 13,283 MW. The largest wind plant in Canada is Trillium Power Wind 1 at 400 MW, making Dalhousie Mountain 7.8 times smaller.

Nearby plants within 50 km include Trenton (307 MW, Coal), Nuttby Mountain (50.6 MW, Wind), and Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Pictou Mill (26 MW, Biomass). The facility is located in Nova Scotia, approximately 200 km northeast of Halifax.

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