Morethan 1,000 workers from across the region will be involved in the manufacturingand assembly of the wind turbines, site construction and operations. Siemenswill manufacture the turbine blades at its plant in Tillsonburg, Ontario, whileCS Wind will supply towers from a facility in Windsor.

Theproject will use 140 Siemens turbines. The other partners are Pattern Energy Group,a US wind developer, and Capital Power, an independent power producerheadquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.

Initialconstruction