Innergex eyes Pennask Summit for potential 160-megawatt wind farm project

“Right now we targeting just shy of 160 megawatts of energy, and I love these energy projects, so that is 40,000 B.C. households, and that will equal about 25 turbines, give or take,” Kate Schendel, the Environment Manager with Innergex said at the Dec. 11 TNRD meeting.

“We will be doing many many iterations of our layout and design over the next couple of years. We already have some lidar and some met towers installed to help study the project area.”

Innergex has projects throughout North America as well as France and Chile. It is looking at partnering with the Westbank First Nation to build the K2 wind farm.

“As far as the project economic benefits, there will be quite a few during the construction period,” Schendel added. “We expect 150 workers during the construction period. We are looking at staging, and housing and accommodations for those workers, and trying to create opportunities for the nations.”

Two other Kamloops-area wind projects – the 143-megawatt Mount Mabel Wind project and the 197-megawatt Highland Valley Wind project – were also selected by BC Hydro as part of its 2024 call for power last December.

by Michael Reeve

Innergex eyes Pennask Summit for potential 160-megawatt wind farm project

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