Samsung and partners begin construction of Ontario wind farm

Samsung Renewable Energy, together with its partners Pattern Energy Group and Capital Power, has commenced construction of a 270MW wind power project in Ontario, Canada.

The development comes as the K2 Wind project secured an $850m loan from 15 financial institutions.

The project will source Ontario-made products, comprising 140 wind turbine towers from Windsor and blades manufactured in Tillsonburg.

With a capacity to produce clean power for around 100,000 Ontario homes each year, the project will become operational in the second half of 2015.

It is third such project in Ontario and brings total wind energy capacity in the province to 690MW.

Pattern Development CEO Mike Garland said, "K2 embodies Pattern Development’s continued commitment to delivering world-class projects in a responsible way and is particularly exciting because we are hiring locally and using blades and towers made here in Ontario."

Samsung C&T senior vice president K.J. Kim said the K2 Wind project will create thousands of high-skilled jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenues and community benefits that will benefit real people in the community.

"Samsung is proud to be working with the community and our partners on the construction of this project," Kim added.