Located just a few miles from Mom and Dad's in Belwood is the town of Shelburne Ontario and the 'Melancthon Gray Wind Site' consisting of 51 windmills supplying electricity to the Ontario hydro grid.
At about 122 feet long, they look like they could be the wings for a giant alien spaceship.
Each constructed windmill unit contains three of the massive blades, which sell for about $1 million.
The blades weigh 14,200 pounds each and are made up mainly of fiberglass, with some balsa wood on the interiors. The exteriors are designed to shed snow and ice. Each has a lightning arrestor.
The generators are designed to deliver peak generation in winds of 25 mph.
In higher winds, the propellers are feathered to reduce the speed of rotation.
The $120 million Melancthon Project is an initiative by Canadian Hydro Developers Inc., which runs four wind energy plants.
Each constructed windmill unit contains three of the massive blades, which sell for about $1 million.
The blades weigh 14,200 pounds each and are made up mainly of fiberglass, with some balsa wood on the interiors. The exteriors are designed to shed snow and ice. Each has a lightning arrestor.
The generators are designed to deliver peak generation in winds of 25 mph.
In higher winds, the propellers are feathered to reduce the speed of rotation.
The $120 million Melancthon Project is an initiative by Canadian Hydro Developers Inc., which runs four wind energy plants.
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