RES Canada recently announced it has been selected to provide 147.2 megawatts of wind power to Hydro-Québec.
RES Canada, part of the RES Group, was one of three companies selected for the 450 MW Hydro-Québec tender.
The wind project will be established approximately 50 kilometers east of Québec City, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region and will consist of forty-six 3.2 MW Siemens turbines.
Up to 200 workers will be employed at the peak of construction activity, with 10-12 permanent jobs once operational in December 2017. The wind project will provide power to Hydro-Québec Distribution under a 25-year contract.
Peter Clibbon, Senior Vice President of Development for RES Canada, said the electricity price under the tender was the lowest ever obtained in Quebec. “At an average price of 6.3 cents per kWh, wind energy is now some of the cheapest power in the province, even taking into account network upgrade costs that bring the total average price to 7.6 cents/kWh.”
RES Canada has a wind power portfolio of more than 700 MW in the nation, which includes the 270 MW South Kent Wind project, Ontario’s largest wind farm.
In other recent news from RES Group, its Americas arm recently announced completion of the Tucannon River Wind Farm in Washington State. The 267 megawatt facility consists of 116 2.3 MW Siemens turbines and is expected to produce enough clean electricity to power 84,000 homes.
RES Group currently has more than 1,200 MW of wind and solar power under construction throughout the world. It’s Americas arm has 141MW of solar facilities fully operational and 6642MW of operational wind farms. Closer to home, the group currently has 430MW of wind power under development in Australia at sites in Ararat and Traralga.
RES is also forging ahead on energy storage projects. Earlier this month, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and RES Americas inked an agreement that will see an innovative battery storage project in Whatcom County constructed. The battery system will be capable of providing up to 18 hours of power during an outage for the core area of Glacier; which has an average electricity demand of 250kW.
