Alberta gives approval for Canada’s largest PV project

The $376 million Travers Solar project has had the nod from the Alberta Utilities Commission. Construction will start next year with an operational date set for 2021.

The utilities commission of the Canadian province of Alberta has given the green light for the nation’s biggest solar project.

The $500 million (US$376 million), 400 MW Travers solar facility being developed by Greengate Power Corp in Vulcan County is slated for commercial operation in 2021.

Calgary-based Greengate announced the development yesterday and said construction would begin on the PV project next year. The developer did not reveal details of any energy off-takers for the project, whether a power supply deal had been signed or whether the facility was subsidized.

“We are very pleased to have received approval for what we expect will be Canada’s largest solar energy project and one of the largest in the world,” said Dan Balaban, president and CEO of Greengate. “This continues our successful track record, having already developed some of the largest renewable energy projects in the country. We anticipate that Travers Solar will bring significant investment, employment and clean renewable energy to Alberta while strengthening the province’s position as a global energy and environmental leader.”

Greengate said the project would form a key plank of the province’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction program, which is due to come into force on January 1. The ‘TIER’ regime will see big polluters acquire emissions credits from facilities such as the Travers project.

Greengate says it has developed almost 600 MW of wind power capacity in Alberta and Ontario and has a solar and wind development pipeline of almost 1 GW.

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