BC’s largest wind farm has become fully operational. On Wednesday, Vancouver-based Plutonic Power (TSX:PCC) and its partner General Electric (NYSE:GE) announced that their Dokie Wind project in northeast B.C. began delivering power to the grid last month.
The news is a major milestone for the project, which was bought out of bankruptcy from EarthFirst Canada in late 2009.
Plutonic and GE have spent the past 13 months breathing new life into the project, installing 43 wind turbines, an electric substation and seven kilometres of transmission lines.
Plutonic said Dokie would be able to power some 34,000 homes per year.
“The now fully operation Dokie Wind project represents an important new growth platform for us and a significant milestone in the Plutonic-GE relationship,” said Donald McInnes, vice-chairman and CEO of Plutonic.
In January, Plutonic and GE made an entrance into Ontario’s solar power market with the purchase of three yet-to-be-built solar energy farms (see “Plutonic and GE enter solar energy market ” – BIV Business Today, January 5, 2011.)
Both companies also operate B.C.’s East Toba River and Montrose Creek hydroelectric project (see “Largest independent run-of-river project in B.C. goes online” – BIV Business Today, August 9, 2010.)
At press time, Plutonic’s shares were up $0.04 to $2.23.