Brookfield Power Completes Canada's Largest Wind Farm (189 MW)

[jpak]

http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=187680

GATINEAU, QUEBEC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 22, 2006 -- Brookfield Power announced today that it has completed both phases of the Prince Wind Energy Project, located northwest of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

The Prince Wind Energy Project is comprised of 126 wind turbines extending over nearly 20,000 acres. With a total installed capacity of 189 megawatts (MW), Prince is now the largest wind farm in Canada.

The first phase of the project, consisting of 99 megawatts was commissioned on September 21, 2006; and, phase two, consisting of 90 megawatts, was commissioned on November 19, 2006. Both phases were awarded 20-year power supply agreements under the Ontario Government's request for proposals for new renewable energy supply. Construction of the wind farm began in September 2005, creating over 300 on-site jobs at its peak. 15 full-time staff will be employed to manage the wind farm now that it is fully operational.

"The completion of our first wind development represents a major achievement for Brookfield Power - increasing our total capacity to almost 3,800 MW and expanding our renewable power portfolio in Ontario to almost 1,200 MW," said Harry Goldgut, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brookfield Power. "In a little over a year we have constructed Canada's largest wind farm. It's a tribute to the members of the local communities, our employees and construction partners and everyone else who supported this development, including all levels of government."

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and more turbines for Alberta...

New Wind Power Project Sends Electricity To Alberta Grid

http://www.electricnet.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7BC4BC97C4-2B00-4830-931E-61E62ADBD25A%7D&Bucket=Current+Headlines&VNETCOOKIE=NO

Taber, Alberta — The Chin Chute Wind Power Project, a 30-megawatt joint venture project between Acciona Wind Energy Canada Inc., Enbridge Income Fund, and Suncor Energy Products Inc., is now operational and sending electricity to the Alberta Interconnected Electric System. The CN$60 million facility is located 20 kilometres southwest of Taber.

Although turbine and substation construction were completed in September, transmission line commissioning, tie-ins and connections required for electricity delivery to the power grid were completed in late October.

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[JohnWxy]

1. As electricity bills from gas powered plants go up year upon year the cost of

electricity from wind power will just stay the same. Saving more and more money every year. compounding that difference over, say 10 or 20 years will turn out to be a huge savings. A savings that will only grow as fossil fuels become more and more expensive.

the longer we put off building wind farms at max speed the more it will cost us, in the long run. NOt to mention, of course, the lost opportunity to reduce GHGs sooner than later!

thanks for the post.

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