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EDF Renewables Wins Three Wind Projects Totalling 570 MW

March 18, 2023. By News Bureau

EDF Renewables North America announced that Hydro-Québec selected three of its wind projects representing 570 megawatts (MW) for wind energy supply contracts under two calls for tenders launched in December 2021.

EDF Renewables won three of the seven wind project awards representing nearly 50% of the total wind capacity awarded. The projects are scheduled for commissioning in December 2026.

The selected projects will contribute to meeting EDF’s CAP 2030 strategy which aims at doubling its global net renewable energy capacity from 28 GW to 60 GW, between 2015 and 2030 are Madawaska Wind Project - 270 MW in partnership with Alliance de l'énergie de l'Est and Hydro-Québec located in the Lower St. Lawrence region in the Regional County Municipality of Témiscouata ; Forêt Domaniale Wind Project -180 MW in partnership with Alliance de l'énergie de l'Est located in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in the Regional County Municipality of Montmagny and Haute-Chaudière Wind Project -120 MW in partnership with the Regional County Municipality of Granit located in the Eastern Townships region.

Stephane Desdunes, Vice President Development Canada and Northeastern U.S. at EDF Renewables, said, "EDF Renewables is proud to further its development efforts in Quebec by continuing to work in partnership with the local community to propose innovative and promising projects for the host communities and for Quebec as a whole. We are convinced that the success of projects depends first and foremost on collaboration with the host communities and we are proud to continue our work in this sense."

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