Nov 11 2010
Mortenson Canada Corporation, one of Canada’s leading renewable energy construction companies, has been selected by Capital Power Corporation to build the Quality Wind Project, which will be located about ten kilometers northeast of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia.
With construction slated to begin mid-November 2010 Mortenson will erect 79 Vestas 1.8-megawatt wind turbines (44 model V100s and 35 model V90s) on 95-meter towers generating a total of 142.2 megawatts of clean, renewable electrical power. The project also calls for the construction of 22 km of 230kV transmission line, a 230kV sub-station, and approximately 44 km of roadway. Mortenson will provide balance of plant engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the project. The wind power project is scheduled to be complete and begin producing power by the end of 2012.
“We are very excited to have been selected for this unique project by Capital Power,” said Mark Donahue, vice president and general manager. “We look forward to assisting Capital Power in building a new source of clean, renewable energy for British Columbia and to leveraging our expertise in building wind power projects across Canada.”
In March 2010, BC Hydro announced that the Quality Wind Project had been selected for the award of an Electricity Purchase Agreement (EPA) and the project received its environmental assessment certificate from the BC government in July.
The Quality Wind Project is the sixth major wind power project that Mortenson has been tapped to construct within the past year in Canada. Mortenson has erected (including wind projects currently under construction) 328 wind turbines, generating 687.2 megawatts of clean, natural wind power since it completed its first wind power project in Canada in 2006, when it constructed, the Prince Wind Power Project near Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
In British Columbia, Mortenson is scheduled to complete the Dokie Wind Project, located near Chetwynd, British Columbia. Mortenson is erecting 48 Vestas 3.0-megawatt wind turbines, which will provide 144 megawatts of power, which will be purchased by BC Hydro.
Source: http://www.mortenson.com