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Diavik Mine

Wind power plant in Northwest Territories, Canada. Approximate location 64.4912, -110.3423.

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Diavik Mine is a 9 MW wind power plant in Northwest Territories, Canada. It is operated by Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 7,828 homes (estimated). It ranks #763 of 1,159 Canada power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 7.9% of Canada's electricity; the national grid averages 191 gCO₂/kWh (77.0% low-carbon) (2025).

9MW installed capacity
7,828homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CAN0007807.

Capacity vs largest wind plants in Canada

Lac-Alfred: 300 MW300Lac-AlfredBlackspring Ridge: 299 MW299Blacksprin…K2 Wind: 270 MW270K2 WindSouth Kent: 270 MW270South KentWest Lincoln Niagara Region Wind Farm: 230 MW230West Linco…Rivière du Moulin 2: 200 MW200Rivière du…Wolfe Island: 198 MW198Wolfe Isla…Prince: 189 MW189Prince

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a subarctic (boreal) climate (Köppen Dfc) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 64.5°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

-9.1°Cannual mean temp
9,856heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
445 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: -28 °CJF: -26 °CFM: -24 °CMA: -13 °CAM: -3 °CMJ: 7 °CJJ: 12 °CJA: 10 °CAS: 4 °CSO: -6 °CON: -18 °CND: -25 °CD12 °C

Heating degree-days here run 301% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 100/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #168 largest wind power plant of 241 in Canada by capacity.

Canada has 241 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 12,134 MW of capacity.

Location

Coordinates 64.4912, -110.3423 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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