That’s the first payment on what you get for a $7B investment.
Wind and solar projects to be built in Ontario by Samsung
Aug 10, 2011
Korea-based Samsung C&T Corp. signed a C$3 billion ($3.04 billion) contract to build wind and solar energy plants in Ontario.
News reports said that under the terms of the contract, Samsung C&T will build 520 MW projects in the Haldimand and Chatham-Kent regions and 550 MW projects in Kingston and Bruce. Korea Electric Power Corp. will design the plants’ electrical wiring and operate the plants.
Samsung C&T said the contract represents the first two steps of a five-step plan over two decades to build and operate 2,000 MW of wind capacity and 500 MW of solar power capacity in the province.
Construction is expected to begin in 2012 and be completed by 2014.
In 2010, Samsung committed to invest C$7 billion ($7.07 billion) under Ontario’s Green Energy Act. That investme
Monty Bannerman
ArcStar Energy
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