Natural Resources Canada: Government of Canada Invests in New Brunswick's First Commercial Wind Farm

MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, May 11 (MARKET WIRE) --
New Brunswick homes and businesses will be reducing their environmental
footprint and using more clean renewable energy thanks to an investment
by the Government of Canada. Rob Moore, Member of Parliament for Fundy
Royal, on behalf of the Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Natural
Resources, today announced support for the Kent Hills Wind Farm through
an investment of $29 million under the ecoENERGY for Renewable Power
Program.

"This investment strengthens our goal of ensuring that more clean,
renewable energy is delivered to Canadians at competitive prices," said
Mr. Moore. "Not only will this wind farm help protect our environment,
but this green energy technology will also help stimulate the economy and
create jobs for Canadians."

The 96 megawatt Kent Hills Wind Farm is located 30 kilometers from
Moncton, in Albert County. The wind farm is the first to begin commercial
operation in New Brunswick and will provide approximately 290,000
megawatt hours of electricty per year from 32 turbines. This electricity
will be sold to New Brunswick Power to meet the needs of over 17,000
homes.

The $1.48 billion ecoENERGY for Renewable Power Program provides a one
cent per kilowatt-hour incentive for up to 10 years. The goal of the
program is to increase Canada's supply of clean electricity from
renewable sources such as wind, biomass, low-impact hydro, geothermal,
solar photovoltaic and ocean energy. It will encourage the production of
about 4,000 MW of new electricity from renewable-energy sources - enough
emissions-free electricity to power about one million homes.

An additional $2.4 billion is provided by Canada's Economic Action Plan
to support a cleaner and more sustainable environment and help meet
Canada's climate change objectives. This funding includes a new,
five-year, $1-billion Clean Energy Fund and a $1-billion Green
Infrastructure Fund.

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The Kent Hills Wind Power Project, will receive up to $29 million in
funding from the Government of Canada's ecoENERGY for Renewable Power
Program. This is the first wind farm to begin commercial operation in New
Brunswick and will provide enough electricity to meet the needs of over
17,000 homes.

NRCan's news releases and backgrounders are available at
www.nrcan.gc.ca/media.

Contacts:
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa
Office of the Minister
Jasmine MacDonnell
Director of Communications
613-996-2007

Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa
Media Relations
613-992-4447

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