School District 59

Alain Montambauld from Enercon presented a cheque for $8955.20 to SD59‘s Mike Readman (Director of instruction) and Brad Booker (District Vice-Principal of Careers and Outdoor/Experiential Ed). The donation is targeted toward SD59’s Pat O’Reilly Outdoor Education site at Gwillim Lake. Pat O’Reilly was also in attendance at the cheque presentation.

The cheque represents the proceeds from the sale of scrap metal left over from the building of the Aeolis Moose Lake Wind Project, near Tumbler Ridge.

Developed in partnership with Boralex Inc. and based on an Electricity Purchase Agreement (EPA) from BC Hydro concluded in December 2015, the project features Class 1 winds (average wind speed of >8.5 m/sec) captured by four 4.2 MW Enercon E141 turbines.

Moose Lake is the first site in North America at which the E141 turbines—amongst the biggest land-based wind turbines in the world—have been installed. These giant turbines have a rotor diameter of 141m (462 ft) that efficiently captures the strong, smooth and unidirectional winds of the high-elevation ridges of the Peace River Region. With a gross capacity factor exceeding 50% the Moose Lake Wind Project will produce energy at a level comparable to large BC Hydro projects like Site C.

Moose Lake Wind Project is the first true high-energy wind site to be developed in BC. Visit Moose Lake Wind Project