{"id":7792,"date":"2018-01-02T15:15:41","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T15:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/?p=7792"},"modified":"2018-01-02T15:15:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T15:15:41","slug":"pattern-energy-and-nigig-power-begin-construction-of-largest-first-nations-wind-farm-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/pattern-energy-and-nigig-power-begin-construction-of-largest-first-nations-wind-farm-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Pattern Energy and Nigig Power begin construction of largest First Nation\u2019s wind farm in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/patternenergy.com\/\"><strong>Pattern Energy Group<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lobbycanada.gc.ca\/app\/secure\/ocl\/lrs\/do\/clntAddr?cid=305785&amp;lang=eng\"><strong>Nigig Power Corporation<\/strong><\/a> have secured $1 billion in financing for their joint venture, a 300 MW Henvey Inlet Wind farm which will rise on northeastern shore of Georgian Bay.<\/p>\n<p>Henvey Inlet Wind will generate clean power through 87 Vestas 3.45 MW turbines with a 136-m rotor diameter and 132-m hub height. One hundred per cent of its production will be purchased by the Independent Electricity System Operator under a 20-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>Construction of the project is expected to create up to 500 job opportunities to the province. Once fully operational, the facility will employ approximately 15 full-time workers and create demand for more than 100 indirect jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis landmark project is a first on many fronts as the largest wind project in Ontario, the largest on-reserve wind installation in Canada, the highest hub heights in North America, and the first to develop a First Nation Environmental Stewardship Regime under the First Nations Lands Management Act,\u201d said Pattern Energy Group CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mike-garland-1b549827\"><strong>Mike Garland<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The wind farm is scheduled to start operations in the first half of 2019. By then, it will provide clean energy for around 100,000 homes each year.&nbsp; Aside from the income made through project distributions, the facility is making more than $8 million in lease royalties annually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe aren\u2019t just building a wind farm, we\u2019re building an economy,\u201d said Nigig Power Corporation CEO and president <a href=\"https:\/\/ph.linkedin.com\/in\/ken-noble-b996442a\"><strong>Ken Noble<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cThe net proceeds over the next two decades of operations will provide financial resources to transform the local economy, expand all community services, relieve poverty and create employment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upon completion of the project\u2019s construction, Pattern Energy Group and Nigig Power Corporation will continue to jointly own and operate Henvey Inlet Wind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pattern Energy Group and Nigig Power Corporation have secured $1 billion in financing for their joint venture, a 300 MW Henvey Inlet Wind farm which will rise on northeastern shore of Georgian Bay. Henvey Inlet Wind will generate clean power through 87 Vestas 3.45 MW turbines with a 136-m rotor diameter and 132-m hub height. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,45,89],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-contractors","8":"category-local-news","9":"category-projectsopportunities"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontarioconstructionreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}