The companies acquired and resumed construction of the project a year ago, and since then, the project’s EPC contractor, Mortenson Canada, has completed mechanical erection of all 48 wind turbine structures.
Nine turbines have to date completed final commissioning testing and are available for operation.
The substation and transmission lines have also been commissioned and energized, allowing for wind turbine commissioning.
The project, located 1,100km northeast of Vancouver near Chetwynd, will sell energy generated during commissioning – prior to the commercial operation date – to Powerex, a subsidiary of BC Hydro.
Plutonic Power vice-chairman and CEO Donald McInnes said that the start of energy generation at the Dokie wind project represents Plutonic’s and GE Energy Financial Services’ first wind project in Canada.
The CAD228m ($223m) project is expected to reach commercial operation by early 2011 and will generate 320,000MWh-340,000MWh of electricity per year.
