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Article: Residents and Dignitaries Join GDF SUEZ to Celebrate the Grand Opening of the West Cape Wind Farm on PEI.
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- July 23, 2009
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O'LEARY, Prince Edward Island, July 23 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 100 residents, community leaders, business executives, and government officials today joined GDF SUEZ in O'Leary on Prince Edward Island to mark the grand opening of the expanded West Cape Wind Farm, the largest wind farm in Atlantic Canada.
GDF SUEZ grew the capacity of the West Cape Wind Farm from 11 turbines capable of producing 20 MW of electricity two years ago to 55 turbines capable of producing 99 MW of electricity today -- enough to power approximately 25,000 households. The wind farm supplies clean, renewable electricity to homes and businesses locally on Prince Edward Island, as well as ...