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Further approval
for wind project
Jericho Wind Inc has received a further
key approval for its 92-turbinewind project
in Lambton and Middlesex counties. The
Ontario energy board has approved the
construction of a collection substation
and transmission line. The Jericho Wind
Energy Centre will be connected to the
Bornish customer switching station by
15.7km of 115kV line for delivery to the
power grid.
The environment ministry approved the
150MW wind energy project in May 2014.
Construction is expected to begin in
Lambton Shores, Warwick and Middlesex
County during this spring.
Buried power
proposal
Developers are proposing a $1.2 billion
hydropower transmission line to run
beneath Lake Champlain from the
Canadian border to Benson and Ludlow.
The New England Clean Power Link will
carry 1,000MW of high voltage direct
current through two plastic-covered
cables and is planned to be completed
by 2019. The project will be financed by
investors, with charges made to electricity
companies that choose to use it.
Project manager Josh Bagnato said the
line will diversify the energy supply in
the greater New England region where
the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and
nearly 30 coal- and gas-fired facilities
(representing over 25 percent of the
area’s generation capacity) are set for
closure.