Renewable Energy Systems Canada expects to have all permits in hand by mid-2016 for the 147.2MW Mont Sainte-Marguerite project in Quebec.
The project, which last week won a 25-year power purchase agreement in a 450MW Hydro-Québec tender, is expected online by December 2017.
RES is partnered with US-based Pattern Renewable Holdings Canada and the municipalities of Saint-Sylvestre and Saint-Séverin.
“The project is currently owned by RES and it is anticipated that Pattern will be the long-term owner,” RES Canada SVP development Peter Clibbon told reNews.
“RES will continue to develop and engineer the project, supervise construction and work with Pattern to procure construction contractors.” The municipalities will have no ownership position.
The developer intends to install 46 Siemens 3.2MW turbines at Mont Sainte-Marguerite, located about 50 kilometres east of Québec City.
“The use of Siemens direct-drive turbines will be a first in Quebec, creating a new supply chain under Quebec’s local content provisions,” said Clibbon.
The price obtained by the Hydro-Québec tender was the lowest ever in the province, he added.
“At an average price of 6.3 cents/kWh, wind energy is now some of the cheapest power in the province, even taking into account network upgrade costs that bring the total average price to 7.6 cents/kWh,” he said.
The project will employ up to 200 workers at the peak of construction and create 10 to 12 permanent jobs once operational.
Image: the developer’s 99MW Greenwich wind farm in Ontario (RES Canada)
RES gets ball rolling in Quebec
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