British Columbia Installs Its First Commercial Wind Turbine
Earthfirst Canada has announced that British Columbia’s first commercial wind turbine—a 3 MW Vestas V90— was fully assembled on October 6th about 50 kilometers northwest of Chetwynd, British Columbia.
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The turbine, which is part of the Dokie Wind Project, will provide power for 700 homes in the area once it is connected to the grid. The Vestas turbine is one of seven that will be built this year as part of the project. 41 more turbines will be installed next year.
Once the 144 MW project is completed in 2009, it will power approximately 33,000 homes. While I’m surprised that it has taken BC this long to get a commercial wind power project going, it’s nice to see that the region is now moving full-speed ahead.
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Wow, this is the first time I’ve come across a story in my rss feeds that is actually local news. Sweet!
By the way, as much as I love the prospect of having wind power locally, they are really destroying alot of good trails/forest to make space for these things.
Great story! Glad to see we are moving in the right direction.
Totally!
another great site which shows how we are moving in the right direction is http://www.greentechmedia.com
I’m a big believer in solar and wind. actually more solar — b/c you don’t have the transmission line issues. but renewable energy is the future!!!
B.C. has a huge potential for wind power. One thing that could help individuals decide to put up their own turbines is a “wind map”. I have seen the one from Environment Canada, but it is not very good. Do you have any information on wind maps?