's electricity grid will soon get a boost from 14 new renewable energy projects awarded through the
Standard Offer Program, Canada's Energy Minister Dwight Duncan announced recently.
One of the projects announced is one of the world's largest solar farms, to be built in
Other projects include two residential-sized solar photovoltaic installations, several 10-megawatt wind farms and two waterpower projects. All of the contracted projects are expected to be in service by 2010.
's Renewable Standard Offer Program is the largest of its kind in
and is expected to add 1,000 megawatts of clean energy to the grid over the next 10 years.
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