Ikea to buy 88MW Canadian wind farm from TransAlta

Apex Clean Energy Multi-year contract with IKEA Canada to manage and provide remote operations for Wintering Hills IKEA US has purchased two wind farms from Apex. 165MW Cameron Wind in Texas 98MW Hoopeston in Illinois. Both in 2014. Apex operates and maintains both. “This expansion of our asset management business sends a strong signal to the market,” says Apex chief exeutive Mark Goodwin. Apex put more wind on the US grid than any other company in 2015. Has the industry’s largest and most diverse pipeline of projects in active development. Wintering Hills is the 11th project in Apex’s asset-management fleet. 1.7GW.

A Suncor wind project in Alberta
A Suncor wind project in Alberta
Published 30 January 2017, 16:48Updated 30 January 2017, 20:40