News - Wind Farm

Finance Minister Rosann Wowchuk, minister responsible for Manitoba Hydro, attended a groundbreaking ceremony which celebrated the start of construction on Manitoba’s largest wind farm, the Province of Manitoba’s continued commitment to developing renewable energy and the first landholder payments by Pattern Energy.

The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA congratulated Manitoba Hydro and the Manitoba Government on news of the acceptance of a proposal by St. Joseph Wind Farm Inc. to develop Canada’s largest single wind farm near Letellier in southern Manitoba.

Manitoba’s green economy received a major boost with Manitoba Hydro Board’s acceptance of an RFP proposal from St. Joseph Wind Farm Inc., owned by Babcock & Brown Canada ULC, to develop a 300 megawatt wind farm, the largest in Canada, at St. Joseph near Letellier in southern Manitoba, Premier Gary Doer and Manitoba Hydro president and CEO Bob Brennan announced recently.