Sask.’s largest wind farm opens near Assiniboia

Fifty turbines, an underground electrical collection system and a transformer substation were constructed as part of the Golden South Wind Energy project.

Access roads were created and existing roads just outside of Assiniboia, a town of just over 2,300 people about 135 kilometres southwest of Regina, were upgraded.

Potentia Renewables Inc., which was the successful candidate for a SaskPower request for proposals for utility-scale wind power in 2018, broke ground on the project in 2019. Its total cost was $340 million, according to a Potentia news release.