BC’s Dokie Wind Farm

The B.C.’s second wind farm including 48 towers which is named as the Dokie Wind Farm near Chetwynd is considered as the more largest compared to 34-tower Bear Mountain Wind near the Dawson Creek, started in October 2009 with fully built up including 9 of the tower has a capacity of generating power and they are under testing and electrical commissioning.

Donald McInnes, the CEO of Plutonic Power said their due date for online is March according to their agreement with BC Hydro and he expect that they are on the perfect to track to complete it as scheduled. EarthFirst Canada Inc introduced Dokie by signing a power purchase agreement in 2006 with BC Hydro. With the investment of $110 million the company faced the bankrupt in 2008 and during June 2009 it was purchased by Plutonic and General Electric.

Both GE and Plutonic have provincial environmental permit that allows around 200 towers on nine ridges which helps these two companies to set up huge project near Wartenbe Mountain. According to a survey in 2004 this area was considered as the best land-based wind energy site by B.C. The feasibility study is going on near the Wartenbe Mountain terrain and it will continue with a power purchase agreement with BC Hydro says Donald McInnes. Dokie is expected to produce 340 gigawatt hours per year supplying 34,000 homes and it has been funded with $228 million by the new owners.

Plutonic Power has a run-of-river power development with 196 megawatt East Toba River Montrose Creek project which is north of Powell River which also includes GE as a partner in this project. Toba Montrose project was taken over by Plutonic and GE from Peter Kiewit Sons, the construction contractor on Nov 1 which is expected to come online on May and July. The Bute proposal remains on care and maintenance says Donald McInnes which extends to 17 rivers and produce power on an annual basis compared to the proposed Site C dam on Peace River.