Kruger Energy Opens First Ontario Wind Farm
November 19, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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Canada's Kruger Energy opened the 44-turbine Port Alma Wind Farm in Chatham-Kent, Ontario.
This 101.2-megawatt (MW) project, on the north shore of Lake Erie, will generate more than 300 gigawatt hours (GWh) of power per year, producing enough electricity to power approximately 30,000 Ontario households annually.
In November 2005, Kruger Energy Port Alma (KEPA) was selected by Ontario's Ministry of Energy - as part of the Renewable Energy Request for Proposals (RFP) II - to develop the Port Alma Wind Power Project. Under the terms of the contract, Kruger Energy will sell renewable energy to the Ontario Power Authority for 20 years.
Over 10 years, the wind power project will receive up to $31 million in funding under Canada's ecoENERGY for Renewable Power program.
Experts said this one cent per kilowatt hour (kWh) ecoENERGY incentive will help ensure that clean electricity generated at the site can be delivered to Ontario consumers at competitive prices.
"Kruger Energy is very proud of its first venture into Ontario's renewable energy market,"said Jacques Gauthier, senior vice president and chief operating officer at Kruger Energy.
"Ontario's vast wind resource has only begun to be harnessed and we look forward to continuing to work with the Ontario government to provide additional sources of green power," Gauthier said.
"There is no question that energy powers our economy, and that we need clean energy to protect both our health and our environment," said Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, Lisa Raitt. "This investment demonstrates our government's clear commitment to reducing greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions and increasing the supply of clean, renewable energy in Canada."
Source: Kruger Energy.