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Construction begins on St. Joseph wind farm
Construction has started on the St. Joseph Wind Farm after Manitoba Hydro announced they would loan Pattern Energy $260 million towards the $345 million project.
After years of delays and changes to the original plan, Pattern Energy will have 60 Siemens SWT-2.3 MW turbines producing 138 MW in operation by Christmas of this year.
March 26, 2010
by Greg Vandermeulen
in Red River Valley Echo
Manitoba Hydro loaned $260 million to get the wind farm project underway.
Construction has started on the St. Joseph Wind Farm after Manitoba Hydro announced they would loan Pattern Energy $260 million towards the $345 million project.
After years of delays and changes to the original plan, Pattern Energy will have 60 Siemens SWT-2.3 MW turbines producing 138 MW in operation by Christmas of this year.
"These things don't generally take more than six to 12 months to build," Colin Edwards, senior developer Canada said.
The construction may be quick but getting there was not. In 2007 the call for... [continue via Web link]
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