Featured in Gas busters – 09-2020

Solar shines in Canada’s oil patch

The quiet prairie landscape of Vulcan County, a rural stretch of southern Alberta, is set to become the site of Canada’s largest solar energy facility – the 400 MW Travers Solar Project. And with the region’s oil industry struggling with low demand and lower prices, solar could provide a lifeline to Alberta in meeting energy demand and providing jobs.

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pv magazine

08 Sep 2020

Wind turbines in Vulcan County, Alberta. The region’s rural, prairie landscape offers plenty of suitable land for large-scale solar PV projects, as well as smaller commercial installations. | Image: Vulcan County

Greengate Power, a Canadian company based in the energy hub of Calgary, Alberta, is the developer behind the massive 400 MW Travers project, set for construction in the province’s Vulcan County. It will utilize southern Alberta’s high levels of visible sunlight to generate power from solar PV modules on a ground-racked array, consisting of approximately …

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