Five CanREA Members Successful in BC Hydro’s 2024 Call for Power 

December 10, 2024

The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) wishes to congratulate five member companies whose projects have been selected by BC Hydro in its 2024 Call for Power, as announced by British Columbia Premier David Eby.

“CanREA applauds the successful outcomes of the 2024 BC Hydro Call for Power. With a focus on cost-effective resources and meaningful First Nations partnerships, this is a significant step towards securing clean and renewable energy for British Columbia’s future needs. British Columbia’s ratepayers will benefit greatly from the addition of new resources, enhancing their affordable, reliable and clean electricity grid,” stated Vittoria Bellissimo, CanREA’s President and CEO.  

With nearly 5,000 gigawatt-hours (GWh) per year of clean or renewable energy being announced today, this procurement will be enough to power 500,000 new homes, boosting BC Hydro’s current supply by 8%. CanREA is very pleased to see that today’s awards exceed the original objective, which was to acquire approximately 3,000 GWh per year of clean or renewable energy from projects that would come online as early as Fall 2028.  

All nine successful projects have CanREA members as the Independent Power Producer (IPP) partners: 

• CanREA Industry Leader member, EDF Renewables, was selected for one project accounting for 200 MW of capacity:
  • Taylor Wind Project: 200 MW, developed in partnership with the Saulteau First Nations 
• CanREA Terawatt Member, Innergex Renewable Energy Inc., was selected for three projects accounting for 560 MW of capacity.
  • K2 Wind Project: 160 MW, developed in partnership with the Westbank First Nation 
  • Nithi Mountain Wind Project: 200 MW, developed in partnership with the Stellat’en First Nation 
  • Stewart Creek Wind Project: 200 MW, developed in partnership with the West Moberly First Nation 
• CanREA Terawatt Member, Capstone Infrastructure, was selected for three projects accounting for 537 MW of capacity:
  • Brewster Wind Project: 197 MW, developed in partnership with the Wei Wai Kum First Nation 
  • Highland Valley Wind Project: 197 MW, developed in partnership with the Ashcroft Indian Band 
  • Mount Mabel Wind Project: 197-143 MW, developed in partnership with the Lower Nicola Indian Band 
• CanREA Gigawatt Member, Elemental Energy, was selected for one project accounting for 94 MW of capacity:
  • Boulder and Elkhart Wind Project: 94 MW, developed in partnership with the Upper Nicola Band 
• CanREA Kilowatt Member, Ecoener, was selected for one project accounting for 140 MW of capacity
  • Nilhts’I Ecoener Project: 140 MW, developed in partnership with the Lheidli T´enneh 

“CanREA is immensely proud of our members’ successful bids and even prouder of the Indigenous equity partnerships that will drive these projects to success,” said Fernando Melo, CanREA’s Federal Director. “These partnerships exemplify how renewable energy can be a powerful force for economic Reconciliation.” 

Premier Eby stated that to ensure that the announced projects are completed as efficiently as possible, the province intends to exempt these wind projects and all future wind projects in B.C. from environmental assessment, while ensuring First Nations interests are respected and environmental protections are maintained. 

CanREA is proud to be partnered with Clean Energy BC  to help advance their shared membership’s efforts in this Call for Power, and thanks them for their on-the-ground engagement, particularly when it came to ensuring that Indigenous communities and companies had the capacity support required to participate.  

CanREA looks forward to continued collaboration with BC Hydro and the Government of BC to ensure successful outcomes in planned future procurements —the next in this series of power calls is expected in 2026.  

This announcement also opened the door to the future use of utility-scale batteries, with BC Hydro committing to exploring their use. CanREA and its members support this endeavour.  

BC Hydro’s 2024 Call for Power is part of more than 10,000 MW of wind energy, solar energy and energy storage procurements currently either underway, being procured, or being planned across Canada. CanREA tracks these in a Clean-Energy Procurement Calendar.