This week’s announcement that Suncor will restart on its Forty Mile Wind project brings the cumulative budget for wind farm construction in southeast Alberta this year back over the $1-billion mark.
Six major projects are set to begin or continue with major construction in Cypress County, the County of Forty Mile, or Special Areas No. 2.
That will now include Suncor’s project, south of Winnifred, about 60 kilometres southwest of Medicine Hat.
It is one of six wind projects in the region that have been awaiting regulatory approval, technical review or have already been green-lit by companies.
Work on Suncor’s 45-turbine array, capable of producing 202 megawatts of power, was halted in the spring of 2020 as the oil giant pulled back capital spending.