Ontario Goes for More Wind Power
Earlier this week, the provincial government in Ontario, Canada announced the approval of a number of new renewable energy projects. These projects, being undertaken by private companies, represent a big step towards meeting the government’s goal of having 10% of electricity production in the province coming from renewable sources by the year 2010.
Of the nine projects announced, one is hydroelectric and the other eight are all wind based, meaning the installation of about one thousand new turbines across the province. Total production from these projects is projected at 975 megawatts - enough to supply 250,000 homes - are most are expected to be on line of the end of 2007.
All of the providers have signed 20-year contracts with the Ontario Power Authority and will be paid 8.64 cents per kilowatt hour of electricity produced. Here’s a list of where the new wind farms will be…
- Kingsbridge II Wind Power Project at Goderich, north of Sarnia; 158.7 megawatts
- Kruger Energy Port Alma at Port Alma, south of Chatham; 101.2 megawatts
- Enbridge’s Leader Wind Project A at Kincardine, on the shores of Lake Huron north of London; 100.65 megawatts
- Enbridge’s Leader Wind Project B at Kincardine; 99 megawatts
- Melancthon II Wind Project at Shelburne, northwest of Mississauga; 132 megawatts
- Prince II Wind Power Project at Sault Ste. Marie; 90 megawatts
- Ripley Wind Power Project at Ripley, south of Kincardine; 76 megawatts
- Wolfe Island Wind Project at Kingston; 197.8 megawatts
I’d like to congratulate my provincial government on these announcements, but I’m still pissed off at them for their recent decision to re-start two of the nuclear reactors at the Bruce facility, so I’ll just give them a quick nod.
Here’s a Canadian Press article from the National Post for more details.
[via Treehugger]
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