Diavik’s wind farm facts

INVESTMENT:

$30 million

Rio Tinto and Harry Winston Diamond Corp

8 year payback

Project design and management: DDMI

ENVIRONMENTAL

(ANNUAL REDUCTIONS)

4 million litres diesel

100 truckload equivalent

12,000 tonnes CO2

6% reduction GHG

TECHNICAL:

Four Enercon E70 generators

Direct-drive design to -40C

2.1 to 6 MW range of total online capacity

9.2 MW total installed capacity

17 GWh annual production

DIMENSIONS:

Tower hub height: 64 m

Generator weight: 55 t

Total Blade Diameter: 70 m

Total Height: 100 m

TIMELINE

Wind data collection 2008-2010

Construction start 2011

Delivery via winter road early 2012

Erection and commissioning late 2012