The first wind generation farm in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is located on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland right here in St. Lawrence.

The project is part of a 20-year agreement that Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro signed with NeWind Group Inc, a Canadian subsidiary of Enel North America.

The site has a gentle sloping hill, designed to pick up a consistent supply of wind.

Wind power provides a clean, renewable and stable, long-term source of energy for Newfoundland and Labrador with zero emissions. It will generate turbines will generate 27 megawatts of electricity. That is enough electricity to run several small communities, and cut down on oil burned at a power plants.

Hydro says the clean source of power will mean it can reduce the amount of oil it burns at its generating station in Holyrood by at least 160,000 barrels.

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, which operates a system that is isolated from the North American power grid, produces 65 per cent of its power through hydroelectricity and 35 per cent by burning fossil fuels.  

The nine turbines are each taller than Confederation Building. The hub of the turbine will be 67 metres high. The rotor diameter will be 80 metres (40 metres per blade) with an average speed of 15.5 RPM. Swept area of the blades is 5,024 sq. m – the size of three NHL hockey rinks combined – or about 1.25 acres. Total weight of the entire turbine is 230,000 kg – about the same as two fully fuelled 3,200 HP diesel electric locomotives.