(Quebec) The government of Quebec has agreed with the Innu nation of Essipit and an MRC to develop a “large-scale” wind project on the border of Saguenay and the North Shore.
Posted at 2:28 p.m.
The project, about which we still know very little, was revealed Wednesday morning in the Gazette official. It was to be the subject of a formal announcement on Wednesday in the presence of Prime Minister François Legault. However, the agreement with Newfoundland on the Churchill Falls issue forced Quebec to cancel the press conference.
The project will be located in the Nutinamu-Chauvin area. Zec Chauvin, located east of Sacré-Cœur on the north shore of the Saguenay, confirms that the government plans to install wind turbines on its territory.
The three partners – Hydro-Québec, Essipit and the MRC Fjord-du-Saguenay – refused to provide details on the project. The announcement was postponed until January, and that is when the exact limits of the future wind farm will be known, as well as its power.
One thing is certain, according to our information, this will be a “large-scale” and “large-scale” project. It will be part of Hydro-Québec’s new wind development strategy, unveiled last May.
This strategy aimed to return the reins of wind development to the state company, with larger projects far from inhabited areas. The strategy provides for projects of the order of 1000 megawatts and more. By way of comparison, the Apuiat wind farm north of Port-Cartier, also built in partnership with the Innu, has a power of 200 MW.
“We can no longer develop small projects here and there as we have been doing,” explained the CEO of Hydro-Québec, Michael Sabia.
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