McBride Lake is a 75 MW wind power plant located in Canada. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
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Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Wind
- Capacity
- 75 MW
- Commissioned
- 2005
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Vision Quest (TransAlta)
- Country
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 49.612, -113.482
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About this plant
McBride Lake is a 75.2 MW wind power plant in Canada, operated by Vision Quest (TransAlta) since its commissioning.
Ranked #72 of 275 wind plants in Canada, McBride Lake’s capacity accounts for 0.57% 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 McBride Lake 5.3 times smaller.
Nearby plants within 50 km include Soderglen (70.5 MW, Wind) and Summerview 1 (70.2 MW, Wind). The facility is located in Alberta, approximately 200 km south of Calgary.
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