Browsing Energy

Interior to Lower Mainland Transmission Project

$602 million
Sector: Energy
Location: Merritt to Coquitlam, British Columbia
Key Players: BC Transmission Corporation
Owner: BC Hydro
Financing: Public
Status: Construction is scheduled to start in 2010.
Project Details: The new 255-kilometre, 500-kilovolt overhead transmission line will be the largest upgrade to British Columbia.’s transmission system in over 30 years. The EA took the challenging terrain, protected habitats for Spotted Owl, [...]

Romaine Complex A Renewable Energy Project

$6.5 billion
Sector: Energy
Location: Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec
Key Players: Thirau ltée – a subsidiary of CVTech Group Inc. (builder)
Owner: Hydro-Québec
Financing: Public
Status: Construction began in mid-2009 and is scheduled for completion in 2020. The first Romaine commissioning is planned for 2014.
Project Details: Hydro-Québec Production has obtained the necessary approvals to build its 1,550-megawatt (MW) hydroelectric complex on the shores [...]

Mayo B Initiative

$160 million
Sector: Energy
Location: , along with a transmission line in Central Yukon that connects Yukon’s two existing grid systems, the Whitehorse-Aishihik-Faro in Southern Yukon and Mayo-Dawson in Northern Yukon.
Key Players: Threlkeld Consulting, Keiwit and Sons Co. (consultant); Challenger (centerline surveying of the Carmacks-Stewart transmission line, clearing/brushing); Pelly Construction in conjunction with the Northern Tutchone First Nations [...]

Harrison Hydro Project

$500 million
Sector: Energy
Location: Harrison Lake, British Columbia
Key Players: Knight Piésold Ltd. (consultant)
Owner: Cloudworks Energy Ltd.
Financing: Public/Private – The project could get up to $35 million in federal funding over ten years as part of a federal program to provide incentives for renewable energy. Connor Clark & Lunn Infrastructure Ltd. is also investing in the project.
Status: [...]

Bruce to Milton Power Line

$600 million
Sector: Energy
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Key Players: Toronto Hydro
Owner: Hydro One
Financing: Public
Status: Scheduled for completion in 2012.
Project Details: Bruce Power is returning two nuclear units to service in 2009 and about 700 MW of wind development projects have been identified in the Bruce area to date. According to the Ontario Power Authority (OPA), there are another [...]

St. Joseph Wind Farm

$800 million
Sector: Energy
Location: St. Joseph, Manitoba
Key Players: BowArk Energy (developer)
Owner: City of Hamilton
Financing: Private – Manitoba Hydro had a deal to buy wind generated power as part of a proposed 25-year agreement with Babcock & Brown’s North American Energy Group, but it seems Babcock & Brown is struggling and has sold the project to an [...]

NaiKun Wind Energy Project

$2 billion
Sector: Energy
Location: Hecate Strait, between Haida Gwaii (the Queen Charlotte Islands) and Prince Rupert on the British Columbia mainland
Key Players: NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. (project developer); ENMAX Corporation (project partner); MT Højgaard (marine contractor); Siemens (turbines)
Financing: Public/Private – Financed with 20 per cent debt equity, 50 per cent equity from ENMAX, 10 per [...]

Eastmain-1-A/Sarcelle/Rupert Project

$5 billion
Sector: Energy
Location: James Bay Territory, Quebec
Key Players: Société d’énergie de la Baie James (project manager)
Owner: Hydro-Québec
Financing: Public – Part of $9.1 billion in capital investments on the part of Hydro-Québec.
Status: Scheduled for completion in 2012.
Project Details: Until Romaine catches up, this is still the largest construction site in Quebec, and it plays a critical [...]

East Toba and Montrose Run of River Project

$660 million
Sector: Energy
Location: Powell River, British Columbia
Key Players: Plutonic Power Corporation (developer); General Electric Energy Financial Services; Peter Kiewit Sons Co. (general contractor); Knight Piésold Ltd. (engineering consultant)
Owner: Plutonic Power Corporation
Financing: Private – A general partnership between Plutonic Power and General Electric Energy Financial Services Status: The project is currently under construction, with completion sometime [...]

Chute-Allard et des Rapides-des-coeurs

$680 million
Sector: Energy
Location: Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec
Key players: Hydro ECI Inc. (speed governor cabinet); Les Laboratoires Shermont – Teknika HBA (soil investigation)
Owner: Hydro-Québec
Financing: Public
Status: Rapides-des-coeurs is in service and
Chute-Allard is scheduled for completion in 2010.
Project Details: These two new hydroelectric installations along the Saint-Maurice River will produce a combined total of 138 megawatts. The construction of the [...]