Commercial operation of the full 80MW plant, which covers 950 acres (3.8sq km) comes less than a year after the first 20MW was completed.

The project, in Ontario, Canada, marks a major expansion of Enbridge’s renewable energy investments. The company says it has completed four projects in the last year, investing $1.5bn. The giant Canadian oil and gas pipeline company, is working toward a goal of generating a kilowatt of renewable energy for each kilowatt its operations consume.