Canadian developer Northland Power has pulled two wind farms in British Columbia from the environmental approval process.
Northland told provincial officials it was withdrawing the 300MW Mount George and 250MW Mount Kathleen projects after regulators noted a lack of recent activity and requested a status update.
The projects were initially proposed by Fred Olsen Renewables, which applied for environmental approvals in 2007 and 2008.
Northland commissioned the 100MW Grand Bend feed-in tariff scheme in Ontario last month and is building the 332MW Nordsee One and 600MW Gemini projects in the North Sea.
Development of large-scale wind energy in British Columbia has stalled in recent years.
Utility BC Hydro said the province has an oversupply of power and the 1.1GW Site C hydroelectric plant under construction is expected to meet demand growth over the next decade.
The Canadian Wind Energy Association earlier this year closed its British Columbia office to focus on more promising markets in Canada.
Today, the western province is home to four wind farms with 489MW of installed capacity. When Pattern Energy completes the 180MW Meikle scheme later this year it will likely be the last utility-scale wind project for some time.
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Northland ditches 550MW BC pair
Mount George and Mount Kathleen projects withdrawn after lack of activity
By EBS