Dokie Wind Project is a 144MW onshore wind power project. It is located in British Columbia, Canada. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in February 2011.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Onshore | 144 | 144 | – | Active | British Columbia, Canada | Alterra Power; EarthFirst Canada |
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Description
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By GlobalDataThe project was developed by Alterra Power and EarthFirst Canada. GE Energy Financial Services, Alterra Power and Axium Infrastructure are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 49%, 25.5% and 25.5% respectively.
The project generates 330,000MWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 34,000 households. The project cost is $357.696m.
Development Status
The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in February 2011.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to BC Hydro under a power purchase agreement for a period of 25 years.
Contractors Involved
M. A. Mortenson was selected to render EPC services for the wind power project.
Vestas Wind Systems was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 48 units of V90-3.0 MW turbines, each with 3MW nameplate capacity.
Vestas Wind Systems is the O&M contractor for the wind power project. The operation and maintenance contract commenced from 2011, for a period of 20 years.
About Alterra Power
Alterra Power Corp (Alterra), formerly Magma Energy Corp is a renewable energy company. The company’s products include electrical products, wind and hydro facility farms. It offers services such as operations, development, exploration, and acquisition of renewable power projects and hydroelectric, solar energy, wind, and geothermal projects solutions. Alterra provides its wind and hydro facility farms in British Columbia, geothermal plant in Nevada and geothermal facilities in Iceland. The company operates its geothermal, wind, hydro, and power plant projects across Iceland, Canada, Chile, Italy, the US, Peru, and others. Alterra is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
About EarthFirst Canada
EarthFirst Canada Inc. (EarthFirst) is a developer of renewable wind energy. It is principally engaged in financing, developing, constructing and operating windpower projects. It operates a diversified platform of construction-ready and development-stage projects across Canada. The potential windpower capacity of these plants totals over 2,500 MW. The development stage projects of the company include the Dokie I Project at Dokie Ridge in North Eastern BC and Grand Valley Project located in Orangeville, Ontario. These projects represent 174 MW of potential windpower capacity. They have long-term power purchase agreements with provincial utilities and are scheduled to commence construction in 2008 and 2009 respectively. In addition, the company also has two other wind projects in British Columbia with full environmental certification in place.
In March 2010, EarthFirst Canada Inc. was amalgamated with Maxim Power Corp. through a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta).
In January 2008, the company entered into an agreement for 15 ENERCON E82-20.0 MW wind turbines for its Grand Valley project in Ontario, Canada. During the year it also announced acquisition of Nuttby Mountain Project in Nova Scotia. The company is headquartered in Victoria, Canada. The company recorded net loss of $ 48.52 million during the fiscal year ended December 2007.
In May 26, 2009, Canadian Hydro acquired EarthFirst Canada.
Methodology
All power projects included in this report are drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center. The information regarding the project parameters is sourced through secondary information sources such as electric utilities, equipment manufacturers, developers, project proponent’s – news, deals and financial reporting, regulatory body, associations, government planning reports and publications. Wherever needed the information is further validated through primary from various stakeholders across the power value chain and professionals from leading players within the power sector.
