Hydro-Quebec activates 9.5 MW of first solar arrays

• Canadian electrical utility Hydro-Quebec on Monday inaugurated its first two solar energy plants, which with each other have a capacity of 9.5 MW.

The 8-MW Gabrielle-Bodis solar plant is located on the site of the old La Citiere thermal producing terminal in La Prairie, while the 1.5-MW Robert-A.-Boyd facility is improved the site of Hydro-Quebec's study institute in Varennes.

The solar parks, named after important figures for the company, are anticipated to create practically 16 GWh of solar energy a year, representing the demands of 1,000 domestic clients.

Hydro-Quebec will certainly utilize the installments to check out whether solar power is suitable for its producing fleet, transmission grid and local climate.

"We are pleased that Quebec is entering the field of solar energy generation by leveraging the competence of local firms, both for the building of the creating stations-- with Borea-- as well as for the purchase of some of the panels-- with Stace," said Quebec's Minister of Energy and also Natural Resources Jonatan Julien.