Hydro issues RFP under Indigenous Wind Call for Power
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Manitoba Hydro issued on Thursday the first request for proposal in its effort to purchase up to 600 megawatts of wind energy from Indigenous majority-owned projects.
The RFP intends to select a new wind project that will provide, through a power purchase agreement with the public utility, up to 200 MW of wind energy, the provincial government announced in a news release. The RFP will close in July.
The project is part of the Wind Call for Power, which was announced in September 2024 as part of Manitoba’s Affordable Energy Plan.
Each new wind project must be majority owned by an Indigenous Nation — or multiple Nations — in Manitoba, and connect to Manitoba Hydro’s grid within 20 kilometres of one of 14 existing electrical substations in southern Manitoba.
The first phase of wind projects is expected to have a power purchase agreement in place, with work starting around 2027. The province anticipates that all phases will be completed and online by 2035.
Allan Danroth, president and CEO of Manitoba Hydro, expressed his enthusiasm for the project in the news release.
“These 600 megawatts of new wind resources will increase Manitoba’s supply of electricity, while also supporting economic development and reconciliation with Manitoba’s Indigenous Nations,” he said.
— Free Press staff