Renewable Energy Approval for the Barlow Solar Energy Centre

On August 13, 2020, we amended Renewable Energy Approval No. 0173-AW6HLN to:

• Remove Condition F – Sewage Works of the Transformer Substation Spill Containment Facility from the approval. No transformer substation was constructed as part of this facility, therefore, no spill containment is required.
• Remove reference to the transformer substation in section 1(b) of Schedule A – Facility Description.
• Remove reference to the transformer substation in Schedule B – Table B1: Coordinates of the Allowable Polygon for the Equipment and Noise Specifications.
• Remove Schedule B – Table B4: Maximum Sound Power Spectrum (dB Lin) of Transformer Substation from the approval as there is no transformer substation as part of this facility.

Following issuance of the Renewable Energy Approval on April 3, 2018, Barlow Energy Centre Limited Partnership completed detailed design for the facility and determined that they no longer required the proposed 12-megavolt-ampere main power transformer at the substation. As a result, the main power transformer at the substation as described in the Renewable Energy Approval was not constructed.

All of the details regarding this minor project change to remove the transformer substation from the project are included in the Modification Document posted on the company’s website.

Re-confirmation letters from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry and the Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture Industries are not required because the change did not result in relocating any project components beyond the project location that was already assessed.

This Class 3 solar facility, known as the Barlow Solar Energy Centre, is located at 16851 Cornwall Centre Road in Cornwall, Ontario.

Third party hearing provisions

Any resident of Ontario may require a hearing by the Environmental Review Tribunal (ERT) within 15 days after the date this Decision is loaded to the Environmental Registry by written notice served upon all of the following:

Appellate body
Courier mail should be addressed to:
Environmental Review Tribunal
25 Grosvenor Street, 4th Floor
Toronto, ON M7A 1R1

Mail sent through Canada Post should be addressed to:
Environmental Review Tribunal
655 Bay Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, ON M5G 1E5

Phone: 416-212-6349
Toll free: 1-866-448-2248
TTY: 1-800-855-1155
Email: ERTTribunalsecretary@ontario.ca

Issuing authority
Bahar Aminvaziri
Director, Section 47.5, Environmental Protection Act
Environmental Permissions Branch
135 St. Clair Avenue West
Floor 1
Toronto Ontario
M4V 1P5
Phone: (416) 314-7974
Toll Free Phone: (800) 461-6290
enviropermissions@ontario.ca

Proponent
Barlow Energy Centre GP Inc., as general partner for and on behalf of Barlow Energy Centre Limited Partnership
53 Jarvis Street, Unit 300
Toronto, Ontario
M5C 2H2

An applicant for a hearing shall state in the notice requiring the hearing, (a) a description of how engaging in the renewable energy project in accordance with the renewable energy approval will cause, (i) serious harm to human health, or (ii) serious and irreversible harm to plant life, animal life or the natural environment; (b) the portion of the renewable energy approval in respect of which the hearing is required; and (c) the relief sought.

Further information is provided on the ERT’s website at: https://olt.gov.on.ca/tribunals/ert/about-the-ert/renewable-energy-appeals/