Through an agreement valued at approximately US$ 400 million, GE Energy will provide SkyPower Corp. with 200 wind turbines for projects across Canada and the USA.
Slated for delivery in 2009, the 1.5MW GE machines will have the capacity to produce a total of 300MW of wind-generated electricity. Canada is now among the world's fastest growing wind power markets and could be in the top five by 2009, according to a recent study from Emerging Energy Research of Cambridge, MA. In 2006, Canada doubled its installed wind energy capacity to 1,588MW and now ranks 12th in the world, reports the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA).
