NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. provides pdates on its field work for the 2008 season, including key technical and engineering activities required to advance the development of Canada’s first offshore wind power project, in Hecate Strait, off the northern coast of British Columbia.

“All of our field work this year continues to confirm NaiKun’s project site as having an excellent wind resource, with a shallow and sandy seabed that is well-suited to the project’s construction,” said Paul Taylor, NaiKun’s President and CEO. “Our results demonstrate clearly that NaiKun will be submitting a competitive response to BC Hydro’s Clean Power Call later this month.”

NaiKun has completed the wind resource analysis for its bid into the Clean Power Call. All data received from the meteorological mast installed in September 2007 confirm Hecate Strait’s wind resource as being world-class in nature. Mean wind speeds at the project site are in the range of 9.5 to 10 metres per second, which results in a net capacity factor exceeding 40 per cent, significantly higher than the capacity of a typical on-shore development. NaiKun also recently installed a wave buoy at the project site to measure wave height and collect other data integral to project development.

“NaiKun is committed to working with local communities to ensure that the project is developed in consideration of community interests,” said NaiKun Vice President Matt Burns. “Feedback from this most recent round of consultations was highly valuable and will help us improve the design of the wind power project. We look forward to continued community involvement as the project progresses.”

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