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Massive line clears way for wind projects
The $700-million Bruce to Milton transmission project will allow electricity to flow from refurbished reactors at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, and from wind and solar projects that have received conditional contracts under Ontario's green energy program.
The lines will be able to carry 3,000 megawatts of electricity.
June 20, 2012
by John Miner
in The London Free Press
GREEN ENERGY: $700-million project completed
Completion of the biggest transmission line project in Ontario in 20 years clears an important hurdle for a series of massive wind turbine projects in Southwestern Ontario, including eight within 70 kilometres of London.
Completed six months ahead of schedule, the $700-million Bruce to Milton transmission project will allow electricity to flow from refurbished reactors at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station, and from wind and solar projects that have received conditional contracts under Ontario's green energy program.
The lines will be able to carry 3,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power -- according to Ontario government calculations --... [continue via Web link]
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