GUELPH - A second proposed wind farm in part of Wellington County will be met with opposition next month.

Invenergy Canada is seeking approval to build 25-35 wind turbines on approximately 4,000 acres of land a few kilometres northwest of Belwood.

Half the proposed site is in the Township of Centre of Wellington in Wellington County. The other half of the land is in the Township of Garafraxa of Dufferin County.

NextEra Energy, a subsidiary of Florida Power and Light, wants to erect a dozen of the 80-metre-tall towers near Drayton in Mapleton Township on farmland off Highway 6.

Invenergy will host an open house March 9 at the Belwood Town Hall. The company will host another March 10 at the Marsville Community Hall. Both meetings run 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Laura Humphrey plans to attend the first - if not both. She lives directly across the road from the proposed site.

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