When the north wind blows

The Diavik diamond mine is the site of the world’s most northern large-scale wind-diesel hybrid power facility. The US$31 million project was Rio Tinto’s first wind-generation facility and the first large-scale wind farm in Canada’s Northwest Territories.

24 August 2016
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The wind farm began delivering power to the mine’s grid on September 28, 2012.

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