The 270MW wind power project, will hire local workers to work for the project. It will use Ontario-made products, including 140 wind turbine towers and blades manufactured in Windsor and Tillsonburg, respectively.
Pattern Development CEO Mike Garland said, "K2 is our third wind project in Ontario to start construction, bringing a total of 690 MW of new wind energy to the Province."
The project is expected to be operational in the second half of 2015 and will be capable of producing clean power for approximately 100,000 Ontario homes each year. Around 18 to 24 new jobs will be created in the region.
Samsung C&T senior vice president Kim said, "The K2 Wind project will create thousands of high-skilled jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenues and community benefits that will benefit real people in the community."
