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Durham York Energy Centre

$276.5 million 2012 Rank: 94 2011 Rank: New Sector: Waste to energy Location: Clairington, Ontario Owner: Durham/York Region Key Players: Engineer: Sigma Energy Solutions (design) Contractor: Covanta Energy Corporation Supplier: Anhui Jinding Boiler Company (boiler); GE Canada (turbine); Martin gmbH (stoker) Other: Golder Associates (Certificate of Approval); Stantec (EA)Funding: Public Description: The DYEC is an [...]

East Lake St. Clair Wind Project

$300 million 2012 Rank: 86 2011 Rank: New Sector: Wind Location: Chatham-Kent, Ontario Owner: GDF Suez and International Power (70% owned by GDF) Funding: Private Status: Under construction, with expected completion in 2013. Description: A 99 MW wind farm located in southern Ontario. GDF-Suez has 70 per cent ownership in the project, as well. Just [...]

Blackspring Ridge 1 Wind Project

$550 million 2012 Rank: 55 2011 Rank: New Sector: Wind Location: Vulcan County, near the Village of Carmangay, Alberta Owner: Key Players: Supplier: Vestas Canada (turbines); Other: Stantec (EA) Funding: Private Status: Under construction, with expected completion in 2013. Description: This 300 MW, 166 turbine, wind energy project is expected to be the largest wind farm [...]

Boundary Dam Integrated CCS demonstration project

$1.24 billion 2012 Rank: 28 2011 Rank: New Sector: CCS Location: Estevan, Saskachewan Owner: SaskPower Key Players: Engineer: SNC-Lavalin (engineering, procurement, construction); Contractor: Stantec (design, construction); Supplier: Cansolv, wholly owned subsidiary of Shell Global Solutions (carbon capture process); Hitachi (steam turbine) Funding: Public/Private Status: Under construction, with expected completion in 2015. Description: The Boundary Dam [...]

Swan Hills ISCG/Power Project

$1,5 billion 2012 Rank: 18 2011 Rank: New Sector: Coal/CCS Location: Swan Hills, Alberta Owner: Swan Hills Synfuels Funding: Private/Public Private Funded and financed by Swan Hills Synfuels Provincial Carbon Capture and Storage Fund: $285 million Status: Under construction, with expected completion in 2013. Description: This project taps into deep coal beds that are not considered [...]

Bipole III Transmission Line

$3.28 billion 2012 Rank: 6 2011 Rank: New Sector: Transmission Location: Winnipeg Owner: Manitoba Hydro Financing: The city is hoping for $100 million in federal funding and another $100 million from the province. It can finance the rest of the cost through increased wastewater development charges (they are proposed to double) and by continuing to [...]

Ontario Moves to Ease Concerns About Feed In Tariff Contracts

Ontario’s Ministry of Energy released a directive on Tuesday that will make it more difficult for Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to cancel contracts signed under the Feed in Tariff (FIT) program. This reaction from the Ontario government seems to be in response to industry uncertainty prompted by Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak’s election platform to cancel the FIT program as well [...]

Construction Begins Officially on New Consolidated Courthouse in Thunder Bay

On Thursday Feb. 24th, 2011 the Honourable Chris Bentley, Attorney General, Bill Mauro, MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan, and the Honourable Michael Gravelle, MPP for Thunder Bay – Superior North, celebrated the official groundbreaking for the new Thunder Bay Consolidated Courthouse. The intention of consolidating the Superior Court of Justice and the Ontario Court of Justice [...]

Lower Churchill Hydro Project

$6.2 billion 2012 Ranking: 4 2011 Ranking: 2 Sector: Hydroelectric Location: Central Labrador (generating facility), Muskrat Falls to Churchill Falls, Labrador to the  island of Newfoundland, and Newfoundland to Nova Scotia (transmission systems) Owner: Emera (49 per cent of transmission assets); Nalcor Energy (Muskrat Falls and Generating Facility); Project/Construction Manager: SNC-Lavalin (engineering procurement and construction [...]

Eastmain-1-A/ Sarcelle/Rupert Project

$5 billion 2012 Rank: 5 2011 Rank: 3 Sector: Hydroelectric Location: James Bay Territory, Quebec Owner: Hydro-Québec Engineer: AECOM (detailed engineering—Rupert River Diversion and La Sarcelle Power Plant, engineering and mechanical consultant); SNC-Lavalin (complete engineering—Rupert diversion and Eastmain-1-A power plant, construction support) Project/Construction Manager: Société d’énergie de la Baie James (project manager) Other: AECOM (environmental consultant) [...]