Wind Power News: Quebec
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Wind-farm plan stirs up opposition
The smallest of the 15 wind-farm bids accepted by Hydro-Québec on Monday could end up generating more political current than all of the other projects combined.
A French-backed energy consortium is proposing to build 37 wind towers on a mountain near Lac-au-Sable, a popular fishing, hunting and hiking spot for locals and tourists next to one of Quebec’s most popular provincial parks in the picturesque Charlevoix region east of Quebec City.
“No one here is in favour …
Quebec OK's wind-power proposals; 15 new projects worth $5.5B, 2000 MW
Hydro-Québec has accepted 15 bids to provide a total of 2,004 megawatts of wind-generated electricity, which will come on stream between 2011 and 2015.
The government-owned utility said Monday the average price is 10.5 cents per kilowatt-hour and the projects involve estimated capital outlays spending totalling $5.5 billion, including $1.1 billion for transmission infrastructure and transportation costs.
The contracts arise from a call for tenders issued in October 2005 seeking Quebec-generated wind power.
The outcome “ensures a supply …
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Les éoliennes ne sont pas les bienvenues [Wind turbines not welcome]
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DELSON – Plusieurs citoyens de Saint-Philippe et de Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur se mobilisent depuis un peu plus d’une semaine pour manifester contre l’implantation d’un parc de 72 éoliennes sur leur territoire.
Ce sont d’abord les résidants de Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur qui ont parti le bal en démontrant clairement, lors d’une séance d’information convoquée par le promoteur Innergex, le 24 février, qu’ils étaient opposés à la construction d’un parc de 26 éoliennes. …
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Winds of change blow in; Creststreet to sell stake in Pubnico power project
Atlantic Canada’s largest wind farm is up for sale.
Creststreet Power and Income Fund LP of Toronto, a significant owner of the $50-million wind farm in Pubnico Point, Yarmouth County, wants to sell its share of the development in response to the federal government’s decision to eliminate the tax benefits of trusts. “The change in the federal income trust rules doesn’t allow trusts to grow,” said Derren Newell, Creststreet’s CFO. An independent board of directors of …
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German wind power firms target Quebec
Established German wind energy companies see the nascent Quebec market as an opportunity to increase market share as well as work their way deep into the Americas, an industry networking session was told yesterday.
Among the scores of companies — Canadian and international — that participated in Hydro-Québec’s current call for tender of 2,000 megawatts of wind power was REpower Systems, a German-based giant that has yet to make its mark in Canada.
“We see Canada as …
Newfoundland looks south
Frustrated by the lack of an east-west power transmission grid in Canada — and thwarted in its efforts to export electricity to United States markets through Quebec — Newfoundland “has pretty much decided” to pursue the option of building a new transmission system to ship power south, says the province’s top hydro official.
“When you look at what the impediments are in front of us, we really have no alternative,” Dean MacDonald, chairman of Newfoundland and …
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Money blowing in the wind
Wind provides unpredictable energy and the wind energy industry is only viable because of so called ‘green subsidies’. Wind farms are a fraud, would say a child looking at the emperor walking naked in the streets. Whether you live in Canada, in the US, in England, France or Australia, the story is the same : publicly, no one dares to speak against the wind energy. We’ll explain how, why, and propose real, efficient and economical …
Quebec has clean power for sale, Charest tells New York audience
Premier Jean Charest wants to export Quebec’s hydroelectricity to neighbouring New York and New York is interested.
Charest told a business audience in New York City Friday the province has clean and renewable energy for sale. Gov. Eliot Spitzer also met with Charest and said he was impressed by the “enormous potential” of Quebec’s energy plan, an asset he said the state would tap increasingly given ever-growing energy needs.
Charest said in an interview that Spitzer had …
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New wind power would cost more
The next round of wind-generated electricity for Quebec will cost significantly more than that now flowing into Hydro-Québec’s network, according to industry insiders gathered here for an international conference.
The utility will see its wind-power costs jump from an average 8.35 cents per kilowatt hour to at least 10 or 11 cents per kWh, said several executives close to companies who have submitted bids to provide Quebec with 2,000 megawatts of wind power beginning in 2010.
Requesting …
Developers stake wind claims
From scenic La Malbaie in southern Quebec to James Bay in the north, wind farm developers have staked their spots in one of the largest single solicitations for wind power ever made.
More than 25 developers have proffered 66 bids for wind farms, proposals that total 7,724 megawatts of wind power — almost four times the 2,000 megawatts that Hydro-Québec is seeking to add to its network.
The utility’s call “has been taken very very seriously by …
