Canadian Senator Victor Oh tours Dufferin Wind Farm

July 24, 2014 · 0 Comments

Canadian Senator Victor Oh was in Shelburne Monday to meet with Dufferin Wind Power officials and to tour the project’s construction site.

Dufferin Wind Power is the first wind farm project in Canada to attract Chinese investment.

This was likely of particular interest to Senator Oh, well known for promoting multiculturalism and for helping newcomers to Canada get established as individuals and as business owners.

Mr. Oh is also the founding chairman of the Canada-China Business Communication Council.

“We were very honoured to have the Senator visit us. During his tour he encouraged us to develop and invest in more wind power and solar power projects in Ontario and perhaps the rest of Canada as well,” explains Zhu Dong, Vice-President, Dufferin Wind Power. “Senator Oh also impressed upon us the hope that we keep the communication going and that we work together with local communities and municipalities beyond the commercial operation of the wind farm. Which of course, we look forward to doing.”

DWPI executives report summertime construction of the Dufferin Wind Farm is progressing well after a very cold winter and wet spring.

The Dufferin Wind Farm is comprised of 49 wind turbines and when complete it will have the capacity to generate 91.4 MW of power.

Senator Oh points and asks Jeff Hammond of Dufferin Wind Power some questions about the construction process. Left to right: Zhu Dong, VP DWPI; Hao Wu, President DWPI; Lijun Wang, President Bank of China (Canada); Canadian Senator Victor Oh; Jeff Hammond, Senior VP DWPI.