EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) and EDP Renewables Canada have put Sharp Hills Wind Farm, a 427 MW web site in Alberta, into operation.
The power offtaker for the challenge is Calgary-based TC Vitality. Its launch follows an settlement made by EDPR NA when it joined Make investments Alberta Corp.
Throughout development, the challenge created greater than 400 full-time equal jobs and at present employs seven everlasting positions to function and preserve the challenge.
“Lower than one 12 months after Make investments Alberta and EDP Renewables signed an settlement to spur financial progress and create high-quality jobs inside the renewable power sector in Alberta, we’re celebrating the profitable launch of the Sharp Hills Wind Farm” says Rick Christiaanse, Make investments Alberta CEO. “This $600 million challenge is an enormous win for Alberta’s economic system, having created greater than 400 new jobs that deliver financial vitality to rural Alberta and diversification to Alberta’s power trade.”
Along with Sharp Hills, the corporate additionally operates the 100 MW Nation Rise Wind Farm and the 30 MW South Department Wind Farm, each situated south of Ottawa.
