STATEMENT: Montréal, January 26, 2024—Hydro-Québec has selected five CanREA members for all projects in its latest call for tenders, as announced today.
“CanREA would like to congratulate its members Boralex, Kruger, Pattern, Invenergy and Innergex, who submitted all eight of the bids selected by Hydro-Québec, for a total of 1,550 megawatts (MW) of contract capacity,” said Jean Habel, CanREA’s Director for Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
These projects will be developed in partnership with groups of municipalities including the Arthabaska, Appalaches, Érable, Jardins-de-Napierville, Manicouagan and Lotbinière RCMs, the Coopérative Régionale d’Électricité de St-Jean-Baptiste de Rouville and the Alliance de l’énergie de l’Est.
Many of the projects will also incorporate the participation of Indigenous communities: the Abenaki Council of Odanak, the Conseil des Abénakis de Wôlinak, the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake and the Conseil des Innus de Pessamit.
Hydro-Québec launched its call for tenders on March 31, 2023. Electricity deliveries must begin between December 1, 2027, and December 1, 2029, depending on the bid.
CanREA has played a leading role in raising awareness among a wide range of stakeholders about the need for predictability and consistency when adding renewable energy sources to meet the growing demand for energy in Quebec.
CanREA is pleased to see that this call for tenders is part of Hydro-Québec’s recent Action Plan 2035, which aims to add more than 10,000 MW of new wind energy capacity and 60 additional TWh by 2035.
“CanREA would like to congratulate its members Boralex, Kruger, Pattern, Invenergy and Innergex, which submitted all eight of the bids selected by Hydro-Québec, for a total of 1,550 megawatts (MW) of contract capacity.”
—Jean Habel, Director for Quebec and Atlantic Canada, CanREA
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