Niagara Region Wind Corporation (NRWC) has received approval from provincial regulators for the construction of a wind farm within the Niagara Region and Haldimand County in Southern Ontario.
"This is the result of tremendous work from our professional team and the intense and ongoing consultations with the community, municipal, regional and provincial governments and as a result of Provincial programs and policies that enable wind energy development," said Merv Croghan, CEO of NRWC.
NRWC is proposing to develop, construct, and operate the 230 Megawatt (MW) Niagara Region Wind Farm within the Townships of West Lincoln and Wainfleet and the Town of Lincoln within the Niagara Region and within Haldimand County in Southern Ontario.
Next steps for the project will include finalizing project designs, preparing for construction and moving into the hiring phase of local, skilled workers.
According to the project description report produced by Stantec in 2013, the basic components of the project include 77 wind turbine generators. Each of the generators has a rated capacity ranging from about 2.3 MW to 3.0 MW for a maximum installed capacity of 230 MW. An overhead and/or underground collection system connects each turbine to one of two transformer substations along a series of 34.5 kilovolt (kV) lines. Turbines are grouped into nine collector circuits that bring power, as well as data via fibre optic lines, to one of the transformer substations.
Voltage is stepped up from 34.5kV to 115kV at each transformer substation by means of a 100 MVA base rated transformer with two stages of cooling using fans. A 115kV transmission line transports power from each of the two transformer substations north to the tap-in location, where the project is connected to the Hydro One Networks Inc. owned transmission line, south of the Queen Elizabeth Way in the Town of Lincoln.
Power generated from this project will be conveyed along the existing transmission line to the Beach Transformer Station in Hamilton.The project, which is one of the largest in Canada, will generate enough power for more than 75,000 Ontario homes.
More than 700 jobs will be created by the project during the construction phase. In addition, through Community Development Funds, revenue will be shared with the local community throughout the 20 year operating phase.
NRWC received a Feed-in-Tariff contract in February 2011. Since then, it has been working with all appropriate government agencies to satisfy all guidelines and regulations to receive approval to proceed with construction. NRWC is an Ontario-based company which is a partnership between Renewable Energy Business Ltd. and Daniels Power Corporation.
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