There are approximately 1930km² in our study area suitable for optimal wind farm placement. For the proposed wind farm cost and electrical output analysis, we chose a part of the total area of optimal wind farm zones which is closest to North Grid transmission lines.

To calculate the energy that this area can produce, we used information based on our proxy turbine devices. Unfortunately, the wind speeds on our optimal zones are not high enough for the use of the Vestas V90 turbines, so the Siemens 2.3-93 will be used instead. Wind turbines will be calculated for power output at 31% of capacity, to account for the power curve of production for IEC Class 2 turbines at 7.5 m/s (King, 2014). Turbines must also be placed an adequate distance away from each other, or 4 rotor diameters between turbines and 15 rotor diameters between turbine rows (DNV Global Energy Concepts Inc., 2009). This results in approximately 2.2 turbines/km² of usable area. In theory, one km² of wind farm area using the Siemens model has the capacity to produce 5.06 MW, though in reality it will be closer to 1.57 MW.

Our chosen area is over 285km² in area, which would result in approximately 447MW of wind energy if fully utilized.