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Swedish furniture giant IKEA announced Thursday it has purchased a 46-megawatt wind farm in Pincher Creek, about 200 km south of Calgary — the company’s first wind farm outside of Europe.
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CALGARY HERALD – Alberta’s wind power generation capacity broke the 1,000-megawatt mark for the first time last year, but a national industry association warns there is work to be done if the province wants to continue to be a leader in the sector.
According to 2012 market statistics supplied by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA), Alberta added 225 MW of wind power capacity last year. The growth was due to the addition of two major wind farms — the Castle Rock Wind Farm near Pincher Creek and the Halkirk Wind Farm near Stettler.
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The final agreement for the City of Medicine Hat to buy wind-generated electricity through a public-private partnership and a wind farm on city land was spelled out at Friday’s Energy Committee meeting.
It means no capital cost for the city, and the ability to meet the goal of using nine per cent renewable energy years ahead of its target date, says a city alderman who has championed the project.
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