Canadian Hydro operates three types of renewable energy plants: wind, hydro and biomass.

Canadian Hydro operates five wind plants in southwestern Alberta, Cowley Ridge, Cowley North, Sinnott, Soderglen and Taylor. In southern Ontario, Canadian Hydro owns and operates the Melancthon I Wind Plant and in Quebec, le Nordais Wind Plant. The company operates twelve hydroelectric plants in three Canadian provinces. Belly River, Waterton, St. Mary and Taylor are located in Alberta; Ragged Chute, Appleton, Moose Rapids, Galetta & Misema in Ontario; plus, Akolkolex, Pingston & Upper Mamquam in British Columbia.

To explain how biomass works, we can look at Canadian Hydro’s first biomass plant, the Grande Prairie EcoPower^® Centre. The plant uses wood waste to generate both electricity and steam for use in lumber mills. The EcoPower^® Centre cuts particulate emissions from the old silo burner at the mill by 80 per cent.