BC native band’s Beijing trade office doing booming business

Globe and Mail British Columbia’s native communities have often been, at best, reactive to Chinese investment in energy and mining projects. But that is starting to change. The Kaska Dena Council in Northern BC is in the final stages of a deal with a Chinese company … Click for more

Naikun Wind Project for the Haida Gwaii Receives Federal Approval

NaiKun Wind Energy Group (TSX-V: NKW)  announced today that its offshore wind energy project has been granted a federal screening decision, confirming that Canada’s first offshore wind project can be constructed with no significant environmental, social or health effects. This project is to be located off the NE coast of Haida Gwaii (Queen Charlotte Islands). [...]

Dokie Wind Farm Now Producing Power

Plutonic Power Corporation (TSX: PCC) and GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), have achieved commercial operations at their second major renewable energy project, British Columbia’s largest wind farm, a major milestone in their growth collaboration. The Dokie Wind project is now fully operational, providing clean energy to BC Hydro under a [...]

Wildmare and Tumbler Ridge Wind Projects Close to Development

Finavera Wind Energy TSXV: FVR) is pleased to announce the Company’s 77 megawatt  Wildmare and 47 MW Tumbler Ridge Wind Energy Projects have successfully passed the screening stage of the British Columbia Environmental Assessment process. These projects are two of the Company’s four projects that were each awarded 25 year power purchase agreements from BC [...]

GE Invests in Northern BC Wind Energy Project

GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), has agreed on the indicative terms of an equity investment in a 77-megawatt wind farm that Finavera Wind Energy Inc. (“Finavera” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: FVR) plans to build in British Columbia’s Peace River Region. GE will bring additional cash to this deal and Finavera [...]

Canada missing boat in Chinese energy market

Windsor Star 1, 2011, that should be a wake-up call for Canada’s oilpatch and the country’s … which would deliver petroleum to a new marine terminal in Kitimat, BC, … Click for more

B.C. energy resource has its ups and downs in 2010

Vancouver Sun … of Energy reported this week, wells like this one in the Fort St. John area. … BC holds 30.9 per cent of Canada’s estimated natural gas reserves … Click for more

British Columbia Gets Its Big Wind Farm

EarthTechling Located 680 miles northeast of Vancouver, Canada, near Chetwynd, the Dokie Wind Project will sell energy generated during its 25-year commissioning period … Click for more

BC’s largest wind farm starting up

Source: Hope Standard The Dokie Wind Farm near Chetwynd is constructed, and towers with 45-metre … Dokie was developed by a startup company called EarthFirst Canada Inc., … Click for more

British Columbia’s Largest Wind Farm Starts Generating Energy …

DigitalJournal.com … located 1100 kilometres northeast of Vancouver near Chetwynd, will sell energy … Plutonic Power strives to be a Canadian-based leader in clean power. … Click for more

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