PROJECT STATUS

As of October 31st, 2008

• Between April and July 2008 (a little more than three months), heavy-equipment movers Mammoet delivered 308 oversized loads to the site.  Each load required two escorts per vehicle, as well as two police escorts.  All deliveries were made without any incidents thanks to seamless logistics, the cooperation of municipalities and citizens, and excellent work by law enforcement authorities and Mammoet.

• Work to assemble the turbines began on April 21, 2008.

• A 650-tonne crane arrived at the site in mid-May 2008, to erect the turbines.

• The electrical infrastructure was commissioned in June 2008.

• The first wind turbine was commissioned on July 5, 2008, and started to generate energy for the Ontario power grid.

• The Port Alma Wind Farm was completed on schedule.  All wind turbines were fully erected and commissioned by late September, or almost a month before the October 31st deadline set by the Ontario Power Authority (OPA), the buyer of the electricity.

• The gravel areas around the turbines will be removed and access roads will be narrowed from 10 m to 5 m between now and the end of November, so that farmers will have as much land as possible for the 2009 growing season!

NEWSLETTER

• December 2007 (PDF 2 MB)
• September 2007 (PDF 892 KB)
• May 2007 (PDF 425 KB)
• March 2007 (PDF 428 KB)
• December 2006 (PDF 790 KB)
• October 2006 (PDF 961 KB)
• September 2006 (PDF 804 KB)
• The Wind Power EA Process (PDF 166 KB)

• Port Alma Wind Farm: Kruger Energy celebrates the official opening of its first wind farm in Ontario (PDF 24 KB)
• Port Alma Wind Farm: First shipment of turbine parts arrives at Windsor Port (PDF 20 KB)
• Kruger Energy Port Alma (KEPA) and Landowners Get Together at Merlin Community Hall (PDF 20 KB)
• Ontario selects Kruger Energy Group to build a 101.2-Megawatt wind park (PDF 35 KB)
• McGuinty Government Announces Nine New Renewable Energy Projects (PDF 76KB)

• Preliminary Construction Schedule
  • Project Schedule (PDF 1.55 MB)
  • Area Map (PDF 1.62 MB)
• Ontario Energy Board Leave to Construct
  • Notice of application (PDF 155 KB)
  • Application (PDF 460 KB)
• Environmental Screening Notice of Completion
  • News release (PDF 803 KB)
  • Environmental Screening Report (PDF 6522 KB)
• Zoning Approval - Press release (PDF 1.71 MB)
• Wind Energy (PDF 263 KB)
• Ad Published in the Chatham Daily News (May 2006) (PDF 650KB
• Purpose of Open House (PDF 1.71 MB)
• About the Proponent (PDF 1.71 MB)
• What Is KEPA Planning to Build (PDF 1.71 MB)
• Why Is this Project Being Built Here (PDF 1.71 MB)<

About Wind Power

• What Will the Wind Turbines Look Like (PDF 2.32 MB)
• How Wind Power Works (PDF 1.95 MB)
• Benefits of Wind Energy (PDF 1.71 MB)

About the Process

• The environmental Screening Process (PDF 1.72 MB)
• The environmental Screening Approach (PDF 1.77 MB)

• Study Area Map (PDF 1.81 MB)
• Hydrology (PDF 2.63 MB)
• Agricultural Drainage (PDF 3.25 MB)
• Canada Land Inventory (PDF 2.14 MB)
• Soil Types (PDF 2.16 MB)
• Natural Heritage Features (PDF 2.43 MB)
• Socio-economic Features (PDF 2.14 MB)