Development Projects
 

Blue River
Located between Blue River and Valemount, in the Thompson River Valley, the Bone Creek (20 MW), Clemina Creek (9.9 MW) and Serpentine Creek (9.5 MW)hydroelectric projects will generate an aggregate estimated 150,000 MWh per year of green power, enough to power 21,000 households. The anticipated capital cost of these projects is $90 million.
Pending regulatory approvals and financing, construction is scheduled to commence in the summer of 2008, with completion expected by the fourth quarter of 2009.

English Creek
The 5 MW English Creek hydroelectric project is located near Revelstoke, close to Canadian Hydro's Pingston and Akolkolex Hydroelectric Plants. It will generate an estimated 20,000 MWh per year of green power, enough to power 2,800 households. Capital cost projections for this project are $10 million. The next steps involve securing regulatory approvals and financing, following which construction is scheduled to commence in the summer of 2008, with completion expected by the fourth quarter of 2009.

Melancthon II
Melancthon II is the second phase of the Melancthon Wind Project, where phase I is currently nearing commercial operation. Melancthon II will consist of 88, 1.5 MW wind turbines that will generate an estimated 350,000 MWh per year of renewable electricity – enough to power 50,000 households. The anticipated capital cost of the project is $275 million. Pending regulatory approvals and financing, construction is scheduled to commence in the spring of 2007, with commercial operation expected in the spring of 2008.

Wolfe Island
Wolfe Island Wind Project will consist of 86, 2.3 MW wind turbines located on Wolfe Island, near Kingston, Ontario. It will generate an estimated 537,000 MWh per year of renewable electricity – enough to power 75,000 households (more than the Kingston metropolitan area). The project is expected to cost $410 million. Construction is scheduled to commence in the spring of 2007, after obtaining regulatory approvals and financing, with commercial operation expected in October 2008.

Island Falls
Island Falls, located near Smooth Rock Falls, Ontario, is a 20 MW run-of-river hydroelectric project owned 50% by Canadian Hydro and 50% by two private developers. Estimated generation of 93,000 MWh per year of renewable electricity will be enough to power 13,000 households. The next steps involve securing regulatory approvals and financing, following which construction is scheduled to commence in the spring of 2008, with commercial operation expected by October 2009.

Dunvegan
The Dunvegan project entails construction of a weir and powerhouse across the Peace River about two kilometres upstream of the Highway #2 bridge crossing at Dunvegan, Alberta. The facility will be a run-of-river hydro plant that produces power from the flow of the river without storing water, and therefore does not regulate or change the flow regime downstream of the facility.

 

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