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Montagne Sèche Wind Farm

The "Montagne Sèche" wind farm is located in the Cloridorme and Petite-Vallée Municipalities. It was built in conjunction with the Phase 1 of the Gros-Mornes wind farm, aloso realized in 2010 and 2011.
  
This park, with a capacity of 58.5 MW and 39 turbines, is built entirely on public land. The commercial service was conducted in November 2011 and comfortably meeting the contractual delivery date with Hydro Quebec.

On this important project, EMS was responsible for designing the foundation for each tower where they has been optimized according to the geotechnical conditions encountered. To do this, manufacturers criteria were followed and adapted to Canadian standards in a way to design the bases following the ultimate, usage and fatigue limits states. EMS also provided technical coordination with the client's technical staff and turbine manufacturer and also provided on-site supervision.