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Ontario Interconnection Project

$685 million
Sector: Energy
Location: Laurentides and Outaouais Regions, Quebec
Key Players: Consortium Thirau and GLR (line construction); ECB (deforestation)
Owner: Hydro-Québec TransÉnergie
Financing: Public – The total cost of the interconnection is estimated at $684 million, with the Chénier-Outaouais Line 315 kilovolt (kV), currently under construction, costing $214 million.
Status: Scheduled for completion in 2010.
Project Details: Having received the necessary [...]

Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station Refurbishment

$1.4 billion
Sector: Energy
Location: Point Lepreau, New Brunswick
Key Players: Atomic Energy Canada Limited (main contractor); Automation Tooling Systems (parts supplier); Arvin Machine Works Inc., Opron Maritimes Construction (subcontractors); Sunny Corner Enterprises (electrical services); ADI Group (concept and design)
Owner: NB Power
Financing: Public – This project was funded by NB Power, but Hydro-Québec is now set to acquire [...]

Keephills 3 Generating Plant

$1.6 billion
Sector: Energy
Location: Keephills, Alberta
Key Players: Capital Power Corporation (construction); TransAlta (operator)
Owner: TransAlta and Capital Power
Financing: Private – Both TransAlta and Capital Power will market their share of the unit’s electrical output.
Status: Scheduled for commissioning in 2011.
Project Details: The 450 MW coal-fired generating plant will use supercritical boiler technology which features higher boiler temperatures and [...]

Wuskwatim Generation Project

$1.6 billion
Sector: Energy
Location: Taskinigup Falls, about 45 kilometres ?southwest of Thompson, Manitoba
Key Players: Hatch, KGS Group (consultants)
Owner: Wuskwatim Power Limited Partnership – ?an equity partnership between Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) and Manitoba Hydro. The Project Development Agreement allows for NCN to own ?up to 33 per cent of the station.
Financing: The $1.6-billion price tag is [...]

Niagara Tunnel Project

$1.6 billion
Sector: Energy
Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario
Key Players: Strabag AG (design-build contactor); ILF Beratende Ingenieure (tunnel designer); Morrison Hershfield (designing above-ground work); Dufferin Construction (major subcontractors); The Robbins Company (tunnel boring machine supplier);Hatch in association with Hatch Mott MacDonald (owner’s representative); Rowa (TBM backup equipment); Sunny Corner Enterprises (electrical)
Owner: Ontario Power Generation (OPG) Financing: Public – [...]