Construction Set to Start on Wood Waste Power Plant in Alberta

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Canadian Gas & Electric Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Hydro Developers, Incorporated (TSE:KHD) is ready to move forward with the construction phase of a 25 MW power plant in Grande Prairie, Alberta. The new power plant will utilize wood residue from a Canadian Forest (CANFOR) Products, Incorporated sawmill as its primary source of fuel. Last month, the company completed the financing phase of the project after securing agreements for all of the plants electrical output. Output from the plant will go to Canfor's operations, the city's heating district, and the remainder to the local grid.

This month, the company, along with the projects consultant Consultec Limited will release bid packages for the construction and startup phase of the project. Plans are to award a general contractor or a turn-key contractor. Construction is slated to begin this May and will continue with startup and commissioning scheduled for March 2004.

Consultec Limited (Toronto, Ontario) is an employee-owned international consulting firm providing comprehensive worldwide services in civil, structural, process, mechanical, electrical design, and construction supervision. Consultec was incorporated in 1975 and is a registered ISO 9001 company.

Canadian Gas & Electric is an Alberta based independent power producer, which has just recently completed one of the first gas, fired merchant power plant in Alberta. Canadian Gas & Electric is committed to the development of environmentally responsible power facilities. Its parent company, Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc., is a premier Canadian renewable energy producer with eleven power stations producing over 60 megawatts of electricity from wind and low impact hydropower facilities.