Matador site

In 2007, Sky Harvest identified another potential wind power generation location in Beechy, Saskatchewan known as the Matador Pasture and entered into an agreement under permit with the Government of Saskatchewan allowing the company to erect another meteorological tower on land located in southwestern Saskatchewan. Sky Harvest erected this tower on the property in the Autumn of 2007 and commenced gathering wind data. Sky Harvest once again retained Genivar Engineering, formerly Phoenix Engineering, a leading wind power engineering firm, to assess wind speed data from the Matador site. It was determined that the Matador property hosts a wind resource that warrants the additional collection and evaluation of wind data, and the commencement of initial engineering studies, environmental screening, and community relations activities.

Sky Harvest believes that the Matador project is ideally situated as it is removed from population centers, and a 230 kV provincial electricity transmission line also traverses this property.

Road traversing Matador project site and typical ideal landscape

The company has had an agreement under permit with the Government of Saskatchewan for the research and development of wind power on over 15,000 acres of government owned agricultural land in the area situated adjacent to another of the company’s meteorological towers. The Matador meteorological tower has been erected on this government permitted site. The government permit issued to erect the meteorological tower specifically acknowledges that the Government of Saskatchewan has no intention of permitting the study or development of wind power by another entity and will not permit the future development by a developer other than Sky Harvest within eight kilometers (five miles) of any of that land’s borders. This facilitates unobstructed use of the wind resource to Sky Harvest.

Land owner input

Sky Harvest enjoys a cordial and cooperative relationship with Jeremy Simpson, the Matador Pasture Manager and is appreciative of his facilitation in access, planning and local knowledge regarding this site's development. The Matador Pasture being a community pasture offers a venue for community relations in a natural setting, ensuring common objectives between the community and the Company.   Sky Harvest is currently in discussions with multiple parties regarding the potential joint venture development of this project.