Several municipal utilities in New Brunswick have formed a company called Valeco Énergie Québec to develop two 20MW community wind farms in the Canadian province.
The village of Perth Andover, the city of Edmundston and Saint John Energy, in cooperation with the city of Saint John, have prepared and submitted joint proposals to develop the Charlotte County project and Chapman wind farm.
The facilities will cost approximately $60m each and will help NB Power meet electricity demand.
If the projects receive regulatory approval, they could be operational by the end of 2020, the developers said.
The wind farms will be located in South Oromocto and Chapmanville.
Saint John Energy president and chief executive Ray Robinson said: “We’re pleased to collaborate with our peers across the province to advance a renewable project that will produce a significant power supply for New Brunswick.”
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Municipals eye N Brunswick wind
Plans put forward for two 20MW community wind farms in Canadian province
By EBS