$69 million wind farm opens near Moosomin

subscribe

A $69-million wind power project that had been challenged in court last year is now up and running in southeast Saskatchewan.

The 26-megawatt facility built by Ontario-based Algonquin Power consists of 16 wind turbine generators located north of Moosomin, Sask.

SaskPower will be buying electricity from the wind farm under a 25-year deal that Algonquin said would mean $7.5 million in revenue this year and $8 million next year.

The project, which was more than six years in the making, was completed ahead of schedule, according to Algonquin.

That's in spite of a legal challenge last year from an area resident who said the facility was putting turbines too close to homes.

Construction was temporarily halted, but a judge eventually ruled there was no credible evidence to support the claim the turbines were dangerous.

Algonquin said it's procuring land for a second phase of Red Lily, which, if it proceeds, would add an additional 106 megawatts of generating capacity.

Related News

electricity in restaurant

Extensive Disaster Planning at Electric & Gas Utilities Means Lights Will Stay On

WASHINGTON - Commercial and industrial businesses can rest assured that the current pandemic poses no real threat to our utilities, as disaster planning has been key to electric and gas utilities in recent years, writes Forbes. Beginning a decade ago, the utility and energy industries evolved detailed pandemic plans, which include putting off maintenance and routine activities until the worst of the pandemic has passed, restricting site access to essential personnel, and being able to run on a skeleton crew as more and more people become ill.

One possible outcome of the current situation is that the US electric industry may…

READ MORE
nissan vehicle to grid connection

Vehicle-to-grid could be ‘capacity on wheels’ for electricity networks

READ MORE

harbour air electric plane

Is this the start of an aviation revolution?

READ MORE

utility underground workers

Investigation underway to determine cause of Atlanta Airport blackout

READ MORE

Ambitious clean energy target will mean lower electricity prices, modelling says

READ MORE