Nunavik mine site turbine ready to catch wind – Nunatsiaq News
August 25, 2014
“We hope this technology can be of benefit to all of Nunavik”
The construction of Nunavik’s newest and possibly tallest structure is complete — a hulking 120-metre (393 foot) high wind turbine, with blades extending 40 metres from the turbine’s centre.
The new turbine is the work of Glencore, which owns the Raglan nickel mine, located about 100 kilometres south of Salluit along the northern tip of the region.
The turbine itself is situated about seven km from the mine site, meaning few people will actually get to see the giant structure.
But Glencore is hoping its impact will be far-reaching, on its Raglan mine site — which runs on roughly 60 million litres of diesel a year — and throughout Nunavik.
Wind turbines rely on giant fan-like turbines to take energy from the wind, which is then converted into electricity.
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