City approval is being sought for a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) near Dunrobin.

More than 60 speakers lined up Thursday to speak to the City of Ottawa’s Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee over a proposal to build a vast electrical storage facility in West Carleton. Article content

The subject of the marathon meeting was a $650-million Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) pitched for a parcel of land on Marchurst Road about one kilometre from Thomas A. Dolan Parkway, southwest of Dunrobin. Article content

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Brookfield Renewable Power Inc., through Evolugen, a Canadian company, was seeking a Municipal Support Resolution (MSR) to help clear the way for the project.

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