Solar play in Cypress would be Canada’s largest

MEDICINE HAT NEWS

The company that recently secured a renewable power deal with Amazon is proposing to spend $1.2 billion on two new projects in southeast Alberta by 2024.

In a presentation to Cypress County council Tuesday, Greengate Power announced plans to build the “Midnight solar and storage facility” north of Redcliff.

With a 465-megawatt capacity it would be the same size as the company’s Travers Solar project in Vulcan County, which would equal the largest in Canada if it is completed next year, said Dan Tocher, Greengate’s vice-president of stakeholder relations.

The project near Medicine Hat is tentatively scheduled to be complete by the end of 2024, while a separate, 300-megawatt array and attached storage unit near Jenner would also move ahead.