Enbridge, Suncor to Build Alberta Wind Power Plant
Date: 19-Aug-05
Country: CANADA
The C$60 million ($50 million), 30-megawatt Chin Chute wind project is expected to produce enough electricity to power 14,000 homes and comes at a time when Ottawa is urging greater use of non-polluting sources of energy.
The project will start being built next month near the town of Taber, some 266 km (165 miles) southeast of Calgary.
Enbridge, Canada's second largest energy pipeline company, will fund a third of the cost of the venture, which includes Suncor Energy Products and EHN Wind Power Canada as partners. Another 30 MW venture owned by the same consortium is based in the nearby town of Magrath.
EHN will be the operator of the project, which is expected to be in service late next year.
"We see alternative and renewable energies as something that need to be developed by traditional industries," Enbridge spokesman Bruce DeBaie said.
"It is part also of a growing and profitable product line for our company. It doesn't represent very much at this point but it is still economically viable," he added.
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