Canada's First Off-Shore Wind Farm Set for B.C.

Source: Cleantechnica
01/28/13, 07:29 AM | Solar Power

The multiphase project, owned by the NaiKun Wind Energy Group, will consist of 550 square feet kilometres, with a total of 396 megawatts (MW) of energy is set for phase one.

A total of 110 wind turbines are planned, providing British Columbian residents a cleaner alternative, according to the website. This will cut 450,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year rather than using natural gas, and power 200,000 homes.

Located in Hecate Strait, between Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii, the NaiKun wind project is giving a much-needed boost to the province’s energy plan of having no carbon emissions come from new energy projects. Meanwhile clean energy, according to the province, accounts for 90% of all energy produced in B.C., which will certainly be given a boost by this new offshore wind farm.

 

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The current solar feed-in-tariff is estimated at 18 USc / kWh. It is estimated that the cost of salt chloride battery storage would push this up 3 times to 55-60 USc/kWh. Thermal power from diesel engines costs 35-40 USc/kWh in land locked countries. Are vanadium batteries significantly more more economical than salt chloride batteries at this stage of the ongoing research?

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