Aeolis has an extensive network of data collection and monitoring towers on its northeastern wind farm sites. Our Victoria head office analyzes data from these sites with state-of-the-art software. Aeolis demonstrated its in-house technical and project expertise in leading development of BC’s first wind project: the 102 MW Bear Mountain Wind Park near the town of Dawson Creek. Bear Mountain began commercial production in November 2009—on time and on budget.

Aeolis Wind — projects optimized by nature

Along the flat-topped foothills that parallel the eastern flank of the Rocky Mountains in northeastern BC a WSW wind blows strong and steady throughout the year. And as it arrives at the western slopes of these ridges, it accelerates, and then smoothly descends to the prairie below. Some ridges are virtually treeless, while others are sprinkled with flagged specimens bowing ENE. They are sources of wind energy like few places on earth. According to a draft of BC Hydro’s 2013 Integrated Resource Plan, 19 of the province’s top 20 most cost-effective wind farm sites are located there. Aeolis has long-term leases on a number of them — projects optimized by nature.

Integrated with the region’s vast hydro reservoirs, northeastern wind has a vital role to play in driving the provincial economy for years to come. This includes providing renewable electricity to upstream, midstream, and downstream operations of BC’s nascent LNG industry — a development that would greatly help the industry reduce greenhouse gas emissions and truly become a supplier of some of the cleanest LNG in the world.

Thunder Mountain South

Aeolis continues to develop Thunder Mountain South, which includes an investigative area of approximately 4200 hectares, located south of the Heritage Highway in the Peace River District. The project has a superb, world-class wind resource and an estimated total generation capacity of up to 400 MW. Two meteorological towers have been collecting data on this site since 2006, and this data has been analysed and modeled in-house at Aeolis for most of that time. Similar to Thunder Mountain, Thunder Mountain South is located on provincial Crown land; it is approximately 45 km southeast of Tumbler Ridge and 55 km from an existing grid interconnect point. The site is largely treed and traversed by petroleum development and forestry service roads, facilitating access.
Hackney Hills

Located approximately 50 km northwest of the town of Hudson’s Hope and the Bennett Dam, the 380 MW Hackney Hills Project has exceptional wind values, which explains why the site is almost treeless. It’s also on the logical route for a transmission line from the Peace to the Horn River Basin shale gas field, one of the largest of its type in North America. Hackney Hills: the right project at the right time.