6,000 Onshore Industrial Wind Turbines in Ontario

The list (below) shows the number of industrial  turbines that have been built in or proposed for Ontario, Canada.

Numbers are either actual or estimated (based on nameplate capacity, assuming 2 MW turbines).

Click to see the most recent list:

• Ontario turbines installed or proposed by May 1

(sorted by county & colour-coded to indicate MOE approval status)

Please leave a comment if you notice any errors or omissions.

Each of the approximately 6,000 turbines listed (above) is as big or bigger than Toronto’s Ex Place turbine (600 kW). Many are more than 4 times as powerful, with rotor diameters (328 feet) that are 8 school bus lengths, heights equal to the length of 12 school buses or 82 six-foot humans (492 feet) & concrete foundations that are more than 3,100 square feet (per turbine); not to mention roads, parking lots, lay-down areas, work spaces, transformers, power lines & substations.

You can help by mapping the turbines in your area

More maps can be found here:

Here are interactive maps of wind projects in Middlesex County and Area, as well as Algoma & Thunder Bay districts. Below is a map of another of Ontario’s 50 counties, districts & regional municipalities. It shows more than 400 turbines that have been built / proposed. You can create a map for your area using the data (above), which has been sorted by county.

For a map of both Huron & Bruce counties, open this pdf file.

For a detailed map of southern Ontario, open this pdf file.

Grand Bend (Source: Middlesex-Lambton Wind Action Group)

 

3 of the 23 industrial wind projects in Lambton & Middlesex counties:

Chatham-Kent and Essex County:

Norfolk County:

Haldimand County:

Oak Ridges Moraine – Source, pdf file

The map below was extracted from this 3 MB pdf file entitled Amherst Island – Biodiversity Threatened. More information can be found here: http://protectamherst.yolasite.com/

Source: Amherst Island Wind Info (Lennox and Addington)

Large-scale wind projects in operation or under development in Ontario. Click here to DOWNLOAD MAP of entire province (pdf format)

Map of contracts offered through Bruce to Milton capacity allocation process (Round 4):