November 23, 2009
Invenergy Wind Canada gets OK to build Quebec wind farm
Invenergy Wind Canada has received approval to build a 138.6-megawatt wind farm in the Ruisseau-Ferguson region of Quebec.
Construction on the Le Plateau wind energy project will last approximately two years and create as many as 250 jobs, with eight to 12 jobs lasting for the 20-year operation phase, Invenergy Wind said in a news release.
The wind farm, which will cost $330 million to build, will have a rated capacity of 138.6 megawatts supplied by 60 Enercon wind turbines.
It will be connected to a 315-kilovolt power transmission line on the Hydro-Quebec Trans-Energie transmission grid at a substation located near the power line.
Power delivery to Hydro-Quebec Distribution is slated to begin by December 2011.
The Le Plateau Wind Energy Center will be owned by a subsidiary of Invenergy Wind Canada ULC, an affiliate of Chicago-based Invenergy LLC.
Invenergy and its affiliates have active wind energy projects across North America and Europe.
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