The Ontario Power Authority (OPA) has awarded long-term contracts for six green energy projects. These projects will help create about 2,200 jobs.
The six new wind power projects – three to be located in Chatham-Kent and one each in Essex, Prince Edward County and Thunder Bay – will provide enough electricity for more than 120,000 homes.
Awarded through the renewable energy supply III (RES III) program, the six contracts are expected to create 492.1 MW of new renewable generation. The bidding process was triggered by a government directive to the OPA to secure 500 MW of green energy supply. The projects' combined $1.32 billion in capital costs will be financed privately.
The six projects are expected to be in service by the end of 2012. The contracts are for a 20-year term. These are the new projects:
– The Kruger Energy Chatham Wind Project, a 101.2 MW project being developed by Kruger Energy;
– The Greenwich Windfarm, a 99 MW project being developed by Renewable Energy Systems Canada;
– The Talbot Windfarm, a 99 MW project being developed by Renewable Energy Systems Canada;
– The Raleigh Wind Energy Centre, a 78 MW project being develop by Raleigh Wind Power Partnership (Invenergy);
– The Byran Wind Project, a 64.5 MW project being developed by SkyPower Corp.; and
– The Gosfield Wind Project, a 50.4 MW project being developed by Gosfield Wind Limited Partnership (Brookfield).
SOURCE: Ontario Power Authority
