Cape Scott is a 99MW onshore wind power project. It is located in British Columbia, Canada. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in January 2014. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project was developed by Axium Infrastructure, ENGIE North America, Mitsui and Sea Breeze Power. ENGIE North America, Axium Infrastructure and Mitsui are currently owning the project having ownership stake of 40%, 30% and 30% respectively.

The project generates 316GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 100,000 households.

The Tubular Steel towers installed at the project site are 80m high.

Development status

The project is currently active. The project got commissioned in January 2014.

Power purchase agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to BC Hydro under a power purchase agreement for a period of 20 years from 2014. The contracted capacity is 99MW.

Contractors involved

Amec Black & McDonald was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the wind power project.

Vestas Wind Systems was selected as the turbine supplier for the wind power project. The company provided 55 units of V100-1.8 MW turbines, each with 1.8MW nameplate capacity.

Vestas Wind Systems is the O&M contractor for the wind power project for a period of 10 years.

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About Axium Infrastructure

Axium Infrastructure Inc (Axium Infrastructure), formerly Fiera Axium Infrastructure Inc is a portfolio management company that generates long-term investment returns by investing in core infrastructure assets. The company offers services such as acquiring, developing, financing, operating and managing infrastructure assets, among others. It invests in core energy, transportation and social infrastructure assets. Axium Infrastructure invests in energy infrastructure such as power generation, power transmission and distribution, and pipelines and gas collection and distribution systems, among others. The company invests in transport for roads, bridges, ports, airports and public transportation systems; and invests in social infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, detention facilities, government service buildings and water treatment. It has presence in Canada and the US. Axium Infrastructure is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

About ENGIE North America

ENGIE North America Inc (ENGIE North America) offers power generation, renewable energy, gas distribution, biogas storage, and electricity transmission services. ENGIE North America is headquartered in Houston,Texas,the US.

About Mitsui

Mitsui & Co Ltd (Mitsui) is a business conglomerate. It distributes, purchases, markets and supplies wide variety of products in business areas including iron and steel; non-ferrous metals; machinery; electronics; chemicals; energy-related commodities; foods & retail, lifestyle, and consumer service. The company also participates in the other activities such as arranging finance for customers and suppliers in connection with its trading activities, organizing and coordinating international industrial projects, participating in financing, and investing arrangements, assisting in the procurement of raw materials and equipment, providing new technologies and processes for manufacturing and coordinating transportation and marketing of finished goods. It operates in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. Mitsui is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan

About Sea Breeze Power

Sea Breeze Power Corp (Sea Breeze) is a renewable energy company that offers renewable energy generation and transmission solutions. The company’s services comprise of wind resource assessment services, due diligence, economic and system modeling, hybrid power and project development services. Its wind resource assessment services comprise data collection, meteorological tower installation, and analysis services. Sea Breeze’s operates projects such as transmission projects, wind projects, and run-of-river projects. The company’s wind energy projects include North Vancouver Island, Central Interior, North/Central Coast, Okanagan Region and Peace River Region. Sea Breeze is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

This content was updated on 4 January 2024

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