EDF Renewables is contacting landowners in Gorham and Jacques Townships about studying wind speeds on their properties
THUNDER BAY – Some rural-area landowners can expect to hear from a developer investigating prospects for a wind farm near Thunder Bay.
Mark Gallagher, the company's director of development / grid-scale power, told Newswatch the company is currently exploring a few potential sites, but the project is still in its very early stages.By comparison, an existing $250 million wind farm owned by Enbridge and RES Canada in the Township of Dorion has 43 turbines.Gallagher said if EDF finds a suitable site outside Thunder Bay, it's unlikely to be online before 2030.
He added that the company would strive to ensure the infrastructure was sited carefully "to avoid impacts.""We are exploring some site areas at this stage, and are open to hearing from anyone who has lands that they believe might be suitable for development," Gallagher said. "Normally, we gauge interest from landowners. If there is sufficient interest, we sign lands up to an option to lease or similar, then we erect a mast and monitor wind speeds for at least a year, undertake community engagement and environmental studies, etc... Hopefully there is enough interest to build a sufficient land base, and then we begin the studies."
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