January 10, 2012
Windstream Energy selects Siemens turbine for its Wolfe Island Shoals offshore wind project
BURLINGTON, Ont.
Siemens Canada Limited has signed an agreement with Windstream Wolfe Island Shoals Inc. to supply up to 130 turbines for its 300 MW offshore wind power project on Lake Ontario, the first of its kind in Canada.
The turbine blades will be manufactured at Siemens' renewable energy plant in Tillsonburg, Ont.
The project is expected create more than 1,900 jobs for the first dive years of development and 175 jobs after construction.
Windstream holds the only offshore wind power Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) contract in Ontario, which was awarded by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) in May 2010. The project is planned to be located from five to sixteen kilometres off the southwest shore of Wolfe Island, in eastern Lake Ontario.
The selection of Siemens guarantees the project will provide more than 50 per cent Ontario content, said Windstream.
Windstream's parent company has eleven early stage development projects totaling 1,050 MW in Ontario, with additional projects in B.C. and Wyoming, U.S.
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