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20 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, April 10, 2013
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Gord Potts
Director Business Development
and Project Manager
Grand Bend Wind Farm for
Northland Power Inc.
Northland Power
entered into a
50/50 partnership
on the Grand Bend
Wind Project with
the Aamjiwnaang
and Bkejwanong
First Nations
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Working Together Towards a
More Sustainable Future
Renewable energy offers a number of benefits to Ontario. It
provides clean, cost-effective energy to power our homes and
businesses. It provides opportunities for local landowners to
earn extra income to maintain their farms or land and support
their families. And it enables each of us to contribute to a more
sustainable future.
At Northland, we believe that for Ontario to prosper over the
long term, we have a responsibility. To develop energy and energy
projects responsibly and sustainably. To share information and
expertise that can benefit us all. And most importantly, to help
each other succeed.
In line with that vision, on March 28th, Northland Power
entered into a 50/50 partnership on the Grand Bend Wind
Project with the Aamjiwnaang First
Nations, located in Sarnia, and the
Bkejwanong First Nations, located
on Walpole Island near Wallaceburg.
Northland Power has similar
partnerships with six First Nations
communities for the McLean's
Mountain Wind Farm on Manitoulin
Island and with the Constance Lake
First Nations for a series of q hydro
projects on the Kabinikagami River.
In each of these partnerships, our
First Nations partners will provide
so% of the equity required to
construct the projects, and receive
so% of the distributions generated
over the 20 -year life of the Feed -In -
Tariff (FIT) contract.
Intelligent energy for a greener planet
by Gord Potts
Through incentives in the FIT and Aboriginal Loan Guarantee
Programs, the government is ensuring that First Nations can
participate in and benefit from renewable energy generation. We
support these programs, here in Ontario and across Canada. Why?
Because it's the right thing to do.
At the signing ceremony, Northland's President and CEO John
Brace summed up the rationale behind the collaboration:
"Northland's partnership with the Aamjiwnaang and Bkejwanong
First Nations reflects our shared commitment to sustainability.
We're working together to create a stronger future — economically
and environmentally."
If you have any questions about the partnership or the project,
please contact me at grandbendonorthlandpower.ca.
Front Loft to Right: Chief Chris Plain, John Braun Gordon Potts. Chief Lurton Kawayesh Jr
Northland Power is an Ontario -based company with over 25 years experience developing,
owning and operating facilities that produce and sell clean and green energy
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