Thunder Mountain

A strong, near-unidirectional wind regime, resulting in extraordinarily high energy yields per area

Thunder Mountain is located north of the Heritage Highway in the Peace River District; it has an estimated total generating capacity of up to 400 MW. In January 2011, Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. acquired a controlling interest in the project. Thunder Mountain is located on provincial Crown land and, at its nearest point, is about 18 km southeast of the coal-mining community of Tumbler Ridge and 27 km from a grid interconnect point. The site is largely treed and traversed by petroleum development and forestry service roads, which offer relatively easy access. In 2009, the Thunder Mountain Wind Project was awarded a BC Environmental Assessment Certificate for up to 320 MW and it has all major permitting in place leading up to construction, including an Interim License of Occupation covering approximately 2300 hectares. There are 10 meteorological towers in the project area that have been collecting wind data for about six years.

Thunder Mountain South

Aeolis continues to develop Thunder Mountain South, which includes an investigative area of approximately 4200 hectares, located south of the Heritage Highway in the Peace River District. The project has a superb, world-class wind resource and an estimated total generation capacity of up to 400 MW. Two meteorological towers have been collecting data on this site since 2006, and this data has been analysed and modeled in-house at Aeolis for most of that time. Similar to Thunder Mountain, Thunder Mountain South is located on provincial Crown land; it is approximately 45 km southeast of Tumbler Ridge and 55 km from an existing grid interconnect point. The site is largely treed and traversed by petroleum development and forestry service roads, facilitating access.

Artist rendering of Thunder Mountain South

Microwave towers adjacent to Aeolis met tower

Artist rendering of  Thunder Mountain