Peace Clean Energy Consortium (PCEC)

Blue Fuel Energy is a privately-held Victoria, BC-based corporation planning to use renewable energy (wind and hydro), waste carbon dioxide, and water to produce low-carbon Blue Fuel methanol and Blue Fuel DME (dimethyl ether) in northeastern BC. Methanol is a gasoline blendstock or substitute, while DME is a substitute for diesel, natural gas, and propane. Methanol and DME are complementary fuels that are playing increasingly prominent roles in countries around the world in a variety of applications, including as transportation fuels. Blue Fuel Energy is a member of PCEC, along with Aeolis Wind, BC Wind, and Canadian Timber Towers, companies dedicated to making BC a clean energy powerhouse.

Aeolis developed the first wind farm in BC, the 102 MW Bear Mountain Wind project near Dawson Creek. The project, for which the company was awarded a power purchase agreement in BC Hydro's 2006 Open Call for Power, was commissioned in 2008 and completed on time and on budget in November 2009 by its current owners, AltaGas. Aeolis has an extensive network of meteorological tower installations on large wind farm sites it controls in northeastern BC, two of which it is currently developing‚ the 600 MW Thunder Mountain Wind Project and the 370 MW Hackney Hills Wind Project. With its array of wind farm site assets and projects under development, Aeolis is poised to be one of Canada's leading wind energy companies.

BC Wind also controls large wind farm sites in northeastern BC and has a network of meteorological tower installations. Anticipating a significant increase in demand for wind-generated electricity as a result of the BC Government's plans to introduce a new Clean Energy Act and build the Northeast Transmission Line, BC Wind is expecting to submit bids into upcoming BC Hydro clean power calls.

Canadian Timber Towers is focused on making wind energy projects as green as they can possibly be by constructing and distributing turbine towers made of cross-laminated timber. Currently, (spring 2010) several of the world's leading turbine manufacturers are preparing to join forces with Canadian Timber Towers and consortium partner Aeolis Wind to conduct a demonstration project using their own turbines on timber towers on Thunder Mountain Wind Project sites.