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ing hard; sales is like hockey - sometimes
you get checked but then you need to get
back up, to show people that you can take a
hit and keep ticking. So look out for Vestas
to reestablish its dominance in Canada, "
said Chris Brown, president of Vestas, US
and Canada.
Coping with Remote Location
Challenges
Michel Letellier, President
and CEO, Innergex
CEO of REpower Systems Inc. Canada.
One of Cartier's parent companies, Innergex
Renewable Energies, is a Canadian
IPP with a diversified renewables portfolio
that contains hydro, wind and solar projects,
for a total capacity of 617 MW. In May
2013, Innergex was awarded the 150 MW
wind project for the assembly of Mi'gmaq
communities of Québec. " Innergex has
been very proactive with respect to First
Nation partnerships; we are very proud of
this achievement and over the years, we
have built a corporate culture of openness
in understanding how First Nations operate
in the market in Canada, " explained Michel
Letellier, President and CEO of Innergex.
" Nonetheless, we would like to see a
standardization of regulations across the
energetic markets when it comes to environmental
supervision. Renewable energy
IPPs have many environmental criteria that
they need to uphold and we are perfectly
happy to do that but, at the same time, we
are in direct competition with other energy
sector players that are not subjected to the
same rules, " added Letellier.
Pauline Marois' new 800 MW RFP gave
the sector some reasons to celebrate, albeit
not enough for a market with so many
active players, hungry for business. Vestas
traditionally occupied the first position in
the global market shares for wind turbines,
but recent years have seen it struggle to
maintain that title, with GE and China's
Sinovel challenging its authority. Present
at the very beginning of Québec's wind
energy development, the Danish company
did not get involved in any of the first
major RFPs. " In Canada, we are still have
the largest market share (around 35% of
the total capacity), with an installed base
of over 2,500 MW. Now, Vestas is back in
Québec and we are going to be competJanuary
2014
The remote placement of wind farms has
also triggered the development of complementary
infrastructure across Québec's
extreme east. Consequently, assuring logistical
and power support in these regions
during construction and operations has
been a key issue to tackle for developers.
But where some sees challenges, others
see opportunities.
A traditional player in providing temporary
power and temperature control solutions to
remote locations is Aggreko, which in 2013
celebrated 50 years of existence. The company
has been steadily increasing its presence
in Canada in recent times - notably,
in Western Canada. " Now, we are shifting
our attention to Eastern Canada, where we
see tremendous potential for our solutions,
given the natural resource investments
presently going on, " said Peter Brouwer,
vice president Eastern Canada Aggreko.
" Aggreko has technicians throughout Eastern
Canada and our preventative maintenance
programs are very strong. Real-time
monitoring by a dedicated team from our
Remote Operations Center quickly troubleshoots
issues to maximize uptime, a critical
element for remote communities. We
are expanding and opening service centers
across Québec and we benefit from one of
the newest fleets in the province. Aggreko
provides off-grid commissioning for IPPs
that develop wind farms: in Québec we
collaborated with Northland Power on one
such project. We managed to deliver the
project on time and on budget, and most
importantly, in a safe manner. We see good
future potential for this in Québec, given
the government's openness to renewable
energy sources, " added Brouwer.
SDV Canada, part of the Bolloré Group,
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