The Rocky Point site has a unique set of factors that create formidable potential toward economic security for First Nations and energy independence on Southern Vancouver Island.
a strong wind energy resource
proximity to electrical infrastructure
minimal site impact - existing industrial site
minimal development impact - land based installation via sea-based access
cost effective development for rate payers
proximity to consumers
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In 2011, Aeolis Wind began to study the environment and wind energy resource at Rocky Point.
From an energy perspective, high capacity wind depends on wind speed and constancy.
The most southerly point on Vancouver Island, British Columbia is a rocky headland, facing the great Juan de Fuca Strait.
Adjacent to Victoria, BC’s vibrant provincial capital city, Rocky Point is the first landfall for winds that travel thousands of kilometres over the Pacific Ocean from the west; winds that spill off of the Olympic mountains to the south, and winds that build momentum from Haro Strait, the Coast Mountain Range, and the Salish Sea to the east and north.
At the intersection of these regional, orographic, oceanic and continental weather patterns, meteorological sites nearby to Rocky Point record some of the highest and most consistent winds in British Columbia.
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LATITUDE 48°19'8.60"N
LONGITUDE 123°32'44.27"W
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Rocky Point is located in the Coastal Douglas-fir Moist Maritime Variant of the Biogeoclimatic Ecosystem Classification system.
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The site is a former Canadian Military Base munitions depot, and was subject to land clearing and occupation in the 1950’s. Existing road and port infrastructure will form the basis for site modifications to allow for wind energy infrastructure install.
