Hydro-Québec issues tender call for 1,5GW of wind power - Power Engineering International
Hydro-Québec issues tender call for 1,5GW of wind power
Canadian utility Hydro-Québec has issued a tender for 1,500MW of electricity generated from wind power to meet the long-term electricity needs of its Québec customers.
Hydro-Québec anticipates an increase in the province’s electricity demand of 25TWh, or 14%, over the 2022–2032 period.
The tender was issued in time to ensure commissioning and connection to the grid can take place between 1 December 2027 and 1 December 2029.
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The minimal requirements for bidders include an obligation to show that the proposed project has the support of the host community. Contracts also must be approved by the regulator Régie de l’énergie.
A pre-bid meeting for potential bidders is scheduled for early April and the project submission deadline is in September.
Hydro-Québec hired the firm Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton to help in the tendering process and to serve as its official representative.
Additional information is here.
Originally published on renewableenergyworld.com
Related Knowledge Center: Offshore wind energy
Over the next decade, U.S. offshore wind power is expected to grow from a single 30-megawatt wind farm off Rhode Island to more than 2,000 MW of capacity along the Atlantic Seaboard. There are contracts for wind power off the coasts of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Virginia.
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory has estimated the United States has over 4,000 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind potential, enough to power the country four times over.
The growth in part being spurred by state solicitations, including in New York, where then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) set a commitment of 9,000 MW of offshore wind by 2035, and in Connecticut, where in June 2021, Gov. Ned Lamont (D) signed legislation authorizing the construction of 2,000 MW of offshore wind by 2030.
The offshore development is also being driven by an investment tax credit set to end in December 2019 and is equal to 12 percent of expenditures. U.S. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) have introduced a bill to extend the tax credit for up to eight years.
The Interior Department has held eight competitive lease sales that resulted in 15 offshore wind leases over 1.7 million acres that has the potential for 21 GW of capacity. In February 2022, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management completed a bidding process that realized $4.37 billion for 488,000 acres across six lease areas in federal waters off New York and New Jersey.
Projects have also been proposed off the Southeast coast, off California and Hawaii, and for the Great Lakes.