The joint pilot project ‘Site Nordique Experimental en EolienCORUS’ (SNEEC) consists of two REpower MM92 turbines, each with 2.05MW nominal power.
Wind Energy TechnoCentre is the developer and owner of the project. Constructed in the town of Gaspe, near Riviere-au-Renard, the SNEEC project uses two special cold climate versions (CCV) of the REpower MM92.
Matthias Schubert, CTO of Repower, said: “Our cold climate test facility in Inner Mongolia has already allowed us to prove that our technology can be used reliably, even at extreme temperature fluctuations and temperatures as low as -40º C.
“Nevertheless, it is important to thoroughly test the climatic conditions on site before we start to install the up to 477 REpower turbines for the Quebec tender, which we recently won.”
RES Canada was in charge of the balance of plant (BOP), i.e. the additional park components such as foundations and inner-farm cabling. A REpower team will monitor the turbines over the coming months.
