November 14, 2013
Quebec

Quebec releases final regulation for 450 MW wind power block

by NA Windpower Thursday November 14 2013 | www.nawindpower.com

The Quebec government has published the final regulation regarding a call for 450 MW of wind energy. The 450 MW block is part of Quebec’s previously announced plan to acquire an additional 800 MW of wind.

The TechnoCentre eolien has welcomed the new clarifications and highlighted some of the key rules. For example, Hydro-Quebec will have to introduce a call for tenders for the production of 450 MW of wind power by Dec. 31; 300 MW of this is reserved for the Gaspesie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine and Bas-Saint-Laurent administrative regions.

The regulation stipulates that the wind farms must be delivered in 2016 and 2017, rather than in 2017 and 2018 as required by the draft regulation introduced last August. There is also a 35% regional-content requirement for the proposed wind farms.

Furthermore, the regulation stipulates that the local “environment” must control at least 50% of the projects and sets the maximum price for electricity producers at C$0.09/kWh.

“This decision by the government of Quebec, eagerly awaited by the wind power industry, is good news and will secure thousands of jobs,” says Frederic Cote, general manager of the TechnoCentre eolien in Gaspe.

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