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(Calgary, July 27, 2022) German-based renewable energy developer ABO Wind has sold its Canadian 514.6-megawatts project Buffalo Plains Wind Farm to an investor upon reaching ready-to-build status. The Alberta Utility Commission has granted permits for 83 Siemens Gamesa turbines with a capacity of 6.2 megawatts each and the connection to the public power grid. Both permits have become fully effective. The investor is planning to publish a report about their Canadian activities in late August and chooses to remain anonymous until then.

The wind farm spans approximately 17,500 acres of privately owned farmland in Alberta. The project will generate 1,500 gigawatt hours of electricity per year and is expected to create 300 jobs while under construction as well as up to 15 permanent jobs. The wind farm will displace more than 795,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year and provide enough clean energy to power the equivalent of 240,000 Alberta homes.

ABO Wind Director Canada Stefan Groos says: “We are proud of having successfully developed one of Canada’s largest wind farms. We look forward to supporting the investor bring this project to fruition. ABO Wind is working on numerous other promising projects in Alberta, Atlantic Canada and other provinces with a dedicated and growing Canadian based staff in Calgary and Halifax.”

After having been issued a building permit in February 2022, a subsidiary of ABO Wind has now received an additional permit and licence from the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) for the transmission interconnection for the Buffalo Plains Wind Farm located near Lomond, Alberta. The interconnection project involves constructing approximately 15 kilometres of new transmission line along an existing corridor to connect the proposed Amber 611S substation (located on the wind farm site) to AltaLink's existing Milo 356S substation.

“We are very pleased to have achieved this next step towards bringing the Buffalo Plains project to fruition,” said Buffalo Plains Interconnection Project Manager Najee Elbaroudi. “We believe the Buffalo Plains project will continue to build momentum for renewable energy in Alberta. Through collaborative efforts with many groups and stakeholders we assessed the potential routes to find the solution which least impacted environmentally and culturally significant areas.

ABO Wind opened its Canadian headquarters in Calgary in 2017 and primarily focuses on developing wind and solar energy, energy storage, and green hydrogen projects in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Atlantic Canada. The ABO Wind Canada team is supported by the over 900 technical experts as part of ABO Wind’s worldwide presence.

ABO Wind’s global head office is in Germany. The group has projects in over 16 countries worldwide and has grown to be one of Europe's leading developers of renewable energy projects with over 1,800 megawatts of installed capacity and annual investments in projects exceeding CAD $450M. The company's business focuses on planning, financing, and managing wind and solar farms, and hybrid energy systems. 

(Calgary, February 14, 2022) A subsidiary of ABO Wind has been issued a permit and licence from the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) for its Buffalo Plains Wind Farm located near Lomond, Alberta. Once constructed, the 83 wind turbines will have a total capacity of 514.6 megawatts and will generate approximately 1.5 million megawatt hours of electricity per year. The Project would displace approximately 795,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide and would provide enough power for the equivalent of 240,000 Alberta homes. Before the project is ready to build, there are several more objectives to reach including an additional permit for a transmission line.

“We are very excited to achieve this important milestone in the project,” said Buffalo Plains Project Manager Jonathan Cooper. “Alberta is in the process of an energy transition, triggered by a desire to diversify electricity supply and reduce carbon emissions. Buffalo Plains Wind Farm could help lead this transition in the province. Alberta continues to be a leader in the energy industry and ABO Wind is excited to meaningfully contribute to this growing industry within this great province.”

ABO Wind opened its Canadian headquarters in Calgary in 2017 and primarily focuses on developing wind energy, photovoltaic, energy storage, and green hydrogen projects in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Atlantic Canada. The ABO Wind Canada team is supported by the over 900 technical experts as part of ABO Wind’s worldwide presence.

ABO Wind is a privately-owned, Germany-based renewable energy company with projects in over 16 countries worldwide and has grown to be one of Europe's leading developers of renewable energy projects with over 1,800 megawatts of installed capacity and annual investments in projects exceeding CAD $450M. The company's business focuses on planning, financing, and managing wind farms, solar farms, biogas plants, and hybrid energy systems.

Buffalo Plains has finalized it's project design including turbine locations, access roads, collector line routing, permanent met masts and our substation & O&M building locations. A newsletter was sent out on November 17th with information about the project design, noise impact assessment, shadow flicker analysis, and turbine lighting & marking as well as community benefits. This newsletter and all our past mail outs can be found in the downloads section.
We anticipate to file our application with the Alberta Utilities Commission before the end of the year and are committed to continue engagement with landowners and stakeholders, should you have any questions please reach out to Jon Cooper at (403) 993-2469 or Jonathan.cooper@abo-wind.com

The Buffalo Plain's team thanks all the stakeholders and interested parties that we able to attend the online information session. We were pleased to present the final Project design and details and answer the questions received. If you were unable to attend the information session and would like to view the presentation, please find it conveniently in our downloads section.

Buffalo Plains Representatives remain available to answer any questions and are pleased to send the information session presentation to stakeholders via mail or electronic mail.

For more information or questions about the Buffalo Plains Wind Farm, please contact Jon Cooper at (403) 993-2469 or jonathan.cooper@abo-wind.com.

On September 16th, 2020 the third Project Newsletter with updates about the Project and an invitation to our online information session was sent out.

During the online information session Buffalo Plains Representatives will present the final Project details and design.

To attend the session:

• How: type www.zoom.us/j/5873558723 or dial +1 (587) 328-1099, 5873558723#
• When: Wednesday October 14th, 2020 @ 7:00PM
• Questions: Submit questions through mail or electronic mail by October 7th, 2020
• Can't Attend: email canada@abo-wind.com or find the presentation in our downloads section after the session

Accompanying the Project Newsletter

• An updated map showing the adjustments and modifications of the turbine layout and access road
• Resource brochure about Project benefits and wind power in general
• Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) brochure.

For more information, please contact Jon Cooper at (403) 993-2469 or Jonathan.cooper@abo-wind.com

On April 24th 2020, the second Project Newsletter with information and updates about the Project was sent out to all stakeholders of the area including:

• An updated map showing the adjustments and modifications of the turbine layout and access road network

To learn more about the proposed Buffalo Plains Wind Farm and to collect community feedback on recent project adjustments. Buffalo Plains will also be announcing its Green Option (GO) Program which is aimed at providing annual benefit from the wind power project to the community.

The Community Breakfast will be held at

TNT Café
located on 14 railway avenue south, Lomond Alberta
on Saturday, January 25th,
from 9:00AM to 11:00AM.

For more information, please contact Jon Cooper, Project Manager, at 403-993-2469.

ABO Wind is excited to announce our Green Option (GO) program as part of the overall community benefits of the Buffalo Plains Wind Project. This new and innovative program which will fund $38,000 annually to provide a green energy benefit to residents living closest to the Buffalo Plains Project.

The program is expected to contribute long-term community funding of around one million dollars of local investment over the 25+ year lifespan of the project. It will bring a clear and quantifiable green rebate to residents living within 2 km of any project turbine and is designed such that the biggest benefit will go to those closest residents.

For more information, download our GO program flyer.

An initial open house was held to introduce ABO Wind and the Project to the public in March 2019. Since then, we have been hard at work to take the feedback received and integrate it into our project design, wherever feasible. We are excited to invite you to our second open house to present the updated Project design. The open house will be held at TNT Café, 14 Railway Avenue South, Lomond, Alberta on November 28th from 3:00PM – 8:00PM.

On November 15th 2019, the second project specific information package was sent out to all stakeholders of the area.

This info package contained the following documents:

• Invitation to the Open House on November 28th 2019
• Project Brochure
• Alberta Utilities Commission Brochure
• Updated Map of the project site

On March 6th 2019, the second project specific information package was sent out to all stakeholders of the area.

This info package contained the following documents:

• Invitation to the Open House on March 27th 2019
• Project Brochure
• Alberta Utilities Commission Brochure
• Updated Map of the project site

Buffalo Plains will hold a series of open houses to consult with local stakeholders and provide information as well as to collect your feedback concerning the project.

You are welcome to attend our first Open House at TNT Café, 14 Railway Avenue South, Lomond, Alberta on March 27th from 3:00PM – 7:00PM

We will have company representatives and experts on hand to discuss the project with you, snacks and beverages will also be available.

On December 21st, 2018 Buffalo Plains Wind Farm’s first Meteorological Mast was erected and in operation. This mast will measure the wind speeds and provide data to the developer. The mast stands at 122m (400ft) tall and takes measurements of the wind speed at five heights as well as the wind direction and air temperature.

On November 27th 2018, the first information package was sent out to all residents of the area.

The info package contained the following documents:

• Project Brochure (pdf): Buffalo Plains Wind Farm
• Alberta Utilities Commission Brochure (pdf): Map of the project site (jpg)

The project is completing the following steps: public consultation, environmental impact assessments, wind resource assessments, layout optimization and preliminary project engineering.