GDF SUEZ has completed construction and achieved commercial operation at Caribou Wind Park, located 70 km northwest of Bathurst, New Brunswick. The 99 MW facility will provide all of its power to New Brunswick Power to fulfill a 20-year power purchase agreement with the utility.
Caribou Wind Park, via New Brunswick Power, is expected to provide power to about 2% of the electricity needs in the province.
Achieving commercial operation of Caribou Wind Park, which is GDF SUEZ's first generation facility in New Brunswick, boosts the company's North American renewable energy portfolio to 509 MW.
SOURCE: GDF SUEZ Energy North America Inc.
