Quebec's Power Generation Future Looks Green and Clean

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Quebec is a clean and green province with 17,338 megawatts (MW) of installed power generation capacity, of which 84% is produced by renewable energy sources (hydroelectric, wind and biomass). Power generators are planning projects that would increase generation capacity by 42%, up to 24,678 MW. About 99% of the new generation planned is from renewable sources increasing the renewable energy from 14,572 MW to 21,888 MW or about 88% of the total generation.

Click on the image at right to view a chart showing the breakdown of planned new power generation units by fuel type.

Hydroelectric generation in Quebec will remain the largest producer of renewable energy going from 13,791 MW to 16,974 MW. Wind energy in Quebec is projected to be the highest in Canada and will jump from fifth place to second place in the province, adding about 4,100 MW to the existing 665 MW. Biomass generation is projected to jump from 114 MW to 149 MW, although a big jump percentage in biomass, the overall jump will reflect a 0.6% increase of the total. Oil- and gas-fired units are only expected to add about 24 MW.

Hydro-Quebec (Montreal, Quebec) the province-owned utility, will develop, own and operate the majority of the new hydroelectric plants. Hydro-Quebec has issued the requests for proposals for the wind projects will be the main consumer for those facilities.

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