Nov 28 2009
EDF EN Canada announced on 26 November, 2009 about the signing of a framework agreement by EDF Energies Nouvelles and RES Canada with REpower, a German turbine supplier. According to the agreement, REpower will supply turbines with the electricity generating capacity of 954 MW. The turbines will be used for five wind projects in Quebec. These turbine projects are developed by Saint-Laurent Energies, which is jointly owned by RES Canada, and EDF EN Canada.
The agreement assures maximum generation of 748 MW for these five projects. The projects that require up to 477 turbines will be commissioned between end of the year 2011 and the end of the year 2015, and these projects are expected to improve Quebec’s economic status. Through this agreement Saint-Laurent Energies consortium and REpower will focus in completing their first wind energy project in Canada.
Fabienne Demol, representative of EDF EN Canada & President of Saint-Laurent Energies remarked that successive and profitable projects have been carried out with the help of the established partnership between EDF EN and REpower in the United States and in Europe. Demol further stated that the framework agreement will help in enhancing the development process, and it will also help in incorporating all the requirements raised by Hydro-Quebec.
Source: http://www.edf-energies-nouvelles.com/