Samsung, Pattern Energy commission 270MW wind project in Canada

Samsung Renewable Energy and Pattern Energy Group have completed and commissioned the 270MW South Kent Wind project in Ontario, Canada.

The project, which can generate clean renewable energy for around 100,000 homes each year, is equipped with 124 Siemens 2.3MW wind turbines.

To mitigate the impact of night lights required by aviation regulations, the project uses TowerTEX’s TowerSHADE technology.

Pattern Energy CEO Mike Garland said that South Kent Wind is the company’s first in a series of wind projects in Ontario.

"This project was truly a collaborative effort – a total of 15 banks providing financing for an effort that involved 500 workers constructing 70 kilometers of roads, 124 wind turbines and 283 kilometers of electrical cable," Garland added.

Samsung C&T senior vice president Ki -Jung Kim the company, along with partners has completed the first project under green energy investment agreement with the government of Ontario.

"This project is now producing hundreds of megawatts of clean energy, and has created thousands of high-skilled jobs and millions of dollars in community investment, all of which are benefiting real people in Chatham Kent and across the province," Kim added.

Both the firms are also involved in the construction of the 150MW Grand Renewable Energy Park in Haldimand County, Ontario.

In addition, the companies are developing the 180MW Armow Wind project in the Municipality of Kincardine, and the 270MW Wind project, in together with Capital Power, in the Township of Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh.

The four projects, totalling 870MW, will produce clean electricity to power about 300,000 homes in Ontario each year.