a shot of the ceremony
on nov. 17, china longyuan power group corporation limited affiliated to china guodian corporation held a press conference in ontario, canada and announced that the canada dufferin wind power project, the first overseas wind power project invested by a chinese power generation enterprise was completed and put into operation.
the dufferin 100mw wind power project was invested and constructed by china longyuan power group corporation limited affiliated to china guodian corporation, one of the five major power generation groups in china. according to the introduction, the dufferin wind power project is currently the largest wind power project invested by china in ontario. a total of 49 ge wtgs have been installed in the wind farm and the annual on-grid energy is expected to be 300 million kwhs, which can meet the demand for electricity of about 30,000 households in ontario.
xie changjun, vice president of china guodian corporation, who made a special trip to attend the project completion and putting into operation, said that the dufferin wind power project is currently the first and the only wind power project invested, constructed and operated overseas by a china’s state-owned power enterprise itself.
xie changjun and huang qun, vice president of china longyuan power group corporation limited came to the wind power site in spite of snow. they pressed the wtg starter, marking the successful completion and putting into operation of the dufferin wind farm. that night, the distinguished chinese and foreign guests held an appreciation cocktail party in downtown toronto. representatives of government departments such as embassy of the people’s republic of china in canada, consulate- general of the people’s republic of china in toronto, ontario ministry of energy, ministry of international trade and economic development department and institutions such as power management were present.
xie changjun said in an interview with reporters that china guodian corporation decided to invest overseas in 2011 and chose its first project in canada. after this project was put into operation, the economic results would be basically able to reach the level above the average of domestic investment.
the completion and putting into operation of the dufferin project is deemed an important milestone of investment of china guodian corporation in ontario, canada. xie changjun said that guodian would promote this project as a key, and it would continue to invest here in the future.
according to the requirement of localization rate of 50% proposed by ontario power authority, the dufferin project has met this requirement. according to statistics, a total of more than 100 ontario companies participated in the project development and construction during the project development and construction, and a total of about more than 400 jobs were created by the project.
jeff hammond, a canadian employee from longyuan canada company said to the reporter that this project had gone through hardships, and employees of both china and canada parties had participated in it. they were very proud to participate in the project and become a member of longyuan power. they hoped to have more projects and further cooperation in the future.