Wind farm proposed for Sudbury: municipality could receive up to $350,000 a year for project.

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The City of Greater Sudbury's planning committee is weighing the possibility of a wind farm being built in the municipality's northeast corner.

The proposed wind energy project for the Garson-Falconbridge area is being brought forward by Falconbridge Wind LP.

Falconbridge Wind is a subsidiary of Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Canada and they are proposing a project with a 100 to 150 megawatt generating capacity that would include 30-50 turbines.

Other major components in the project would include a transformer substation, low-voltage electrical collector lines, access roads, a transmission line between the project site and the existing Ontario electrical grid, along with construction lay-down and work areas.

The proposed site would be east of Garson, northeast of Falconbridge, north of Hwy 17 and west of the Wahnapitae River.

"It's quite a large parcel of land," said Stephen Monet, manager of environmental planning initiatives, City of Greater Sudbury.

"They each may have different zoning but this proposal isn't looking at re-zoning and it's not a planning act...

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