Going Solar – PACE’s Joffre Solar plant breaking ground providing approximately 47MW of power.
Construction is now underway at Joffre solar plant, a clean energy project developed by PACE Solar that will generate 47MW of solar powered electricity annually in Lacombe County. Power generated would go into the provincial electrical grid and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 47,000 tonnes per year and 1.4 million tonnes over the expected initial […]
Solar energy project planned for Caroline – construction on solar panel farm expected to start fall 2023
The company behind a solar power farm near Joffre has plans for a smaller project in Caroline. PACE Solar has proposed building a 14-megawatt solar power project on 57 acres of farmland within the Village of Caroline’s boundaries. Once operating, the $17 million solar project will reduce annual carbon emissions by about 12,300 tonnes and […]
Company proposes solar farm within city limits
SANDRA M STANWAY BROOKS BULLETIN Pace Solar Ltd. has proposed construction of an 18.5 megawatt solar farm at the northwest corner of Brooks within city limits just west of the Uplands area. As proposed, the Salt Flats solar farm would include about 30,500 panels installed on between 100- 120 acres of land. It would be […]
Why a solar company has its eye on a chunk of farmland in Brooks
The proposed solar farm would be built on this empty patch of land in the northwestern corner of Brooks, Alta. (Submitted by John Petrie) A quarter section (65 hectares) of farmland along the edge of Brooks, Alta., is being eyed for a new solar farm project — one of an increasing number dotting Alberta’s landscape. […]