BluEarth breaks ground on 54-MW solar park in Ontario

Canadian renewable power producer BluEarth Renewables Inc said on Monday it has initiated construction on its 54-MW Loyalist Solar Project in the province of Ontario.

The specific project in the Township of Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, will consist of a photovoltaic (PV) park, overhead and underground electrical line circuits and substation infrastructure. Its construction is expected to be completed in November 2018, with commercial operations are slated to begin next January.

Calgary-based BluEarth Renewables is already building the substation, connection line and two blocks of the scheme, with their construction planned to be wrapped up in August. Meanwhile, construction on the other two blocks is set to start in June.

Community consultations and permitting on the project took four years, BluEarth Renewables said. The developer of the project, Loyalist Solar LP, is a partnership between the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and BluEarth Renewables.

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