Giant wind farm proposed for southern Vancouver Island – Globalnews.ca

October 3, 2013

Wind farms may be huge and noisy, but they generate a lot of electrical power – and a large one may be built in southern Vancouver Island.

TimberWest Forest Corp and EDP Renewables Canada Ltd are partnering with the T’Sou-ke First Nation to develop and operate a large-scale wind project of up to 300 megawatts of capacity.

“For the T’Sou-ke First Nation this is incredibly important,” said Colin Doylan, Sooke First Nation Economic Development Manager.

“To be a part of that investment and to be a part of the construction and legacy is what it’s all about.”

Read more: http://globalnews.ca/news/881915/giant-wind-farm-proposed-for-southern-vancouver-island/