Draft Records Review Report - Invenergy

Conestogo Wind Power Partnership – Conestogo Wind Energy Centre
Renewable Energy Approval (REA) Draft Submission
Natural Heritage Assessment Records Review Report (Draft)
3. PROJECT LOCATION
The Project is located within the County of Perth, as shown in Figure 1, and transects the
Municipality of North Perth and the Township of Perth East, as well as the Township of
Wellesley in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. The wind farm component of the Project is
roughly bordered by Highway 86 (Main Street East/Wellington Road 86) to the north,
Highway 23 to the west, Perth Line 71 to the south and Perth Road 131 to the east. To connect
the Project to the provincial power grid, owned by Hydro One Networks, Inc., it will be
necessary to run low voltage, 34.5 kV, power lines approximately 25 km, within multiple
municipal road RoW, to a connection point with the 115 kV provincial transmission line. CWPP
is currently exploring options to determine which road allowances the lines will follow. The
connection point is located to the east of the proposed wind farm at Lot 16, Concession A
Eastern Division, Township of Wellesley in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo.
Components to be constructed at the project location consist of the following:
Turbines – 120 metre by 120 metre cleared area (during construction) which includes the
turbine tower, foundation, pad mount transformer, crane pad and temporary turbine
component laydown area;
Access roads – 15 metre wide corridor leading to each turbine (50 metres at temporary
turning radii), aggregate roads (5 metres to 7 metres wide), temporary compacted
shoulders, temporary topsoil windrow, staging areas and where necessary, culverts;
Collector system – underground electrical cables and alternate electrical cables, junction
boxes and fiber optic communication cable installed in an approximate 1.2 metre deep by
0.3 metre wide trench, conveying energy output of all turbines to the project substation
over private land and municipal road allowance; and
Project substation – 40 metre by 70 metre fenced area with circuit breakers, disconnect
switches, protection and control equipment, 34.5 kV to 115 kV step up transformer with
an approximate 45 metre long overhead spur line connecting the substation to the existing
115 kV Hydro One transmission line.
The project location, as defined by Ontario Regulation 359/09, to be the outer boundary within
which all project components are to be located, is illustrated in Figures 2a and 2b. A ‘buildable
area’ which outlines the construction footprint (including crane walking paths) and houses all the
project components listed above is shown on Figures 2a and 2b. Post-construction, a
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