Windstream to sue Canada over Ontario offshore freeze

Windstream Energy, the only developer to be awarded a feed-in tariff (FIT) contract for an offshore wind farm in Ontario, plans to file a C$475m ($479m) lawsuit against Canada based on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Windstream, owned by a New York-based investment group, was awarded a FIT contract in May 2010 for its 300MW Wolfe Island Shoals project, slated for installation between 5km and 16km off the northeastern coast of Lake Ontario.

Wolfe Island was the largest single FIT contract handed out by the Ontario Power Authority during the first round of allocations – accounting for nearly 20% of the total wind capacity awarded.

But in early 2011 the Ontario government reversed course and imposed a moratorium on offshore wind development, citing the need for further…

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