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Wind project gets environmental nod
The provincial government has granted an environmental certificate to British Columbia's first wind energy project, a 120-megawatt, $240-million development proposed for a mountain ridge near Dawson Creek.
On Monday, Environment Minister Barry Penner and Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister Richard Neufeld revealed the decision approving Bear Mountain Wind LP's application to build a 57-turbine project 16 km southwest of Dawson Creek, which could pave the way for construction before October.
August 21, 2007
by Derrick Penner
in The Vancouver Sun
The provincial government has granted an environmental certificate to British Columbia's first wind energy project, a 120-megawatt, $240-million development proposed for a mountain ridge near Dawson Creek.
On Monday, Environment Minister Barry Penner and Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister Richard Neufeld revealed the decision approving Bear Mountain Wind LP's application to build a 57-turbine project 16 km southwest of Dawson Creek, which could pave the way for construction before October.
"It's an important milestone," Jim Bracken, president of the Bear Mountain partnership and senior vice-president of project partner AltaGas Income Trust, said in an interview.
Bracken added that the Bear Mountain partnership... [continue via Web link]
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