Canadian Hydro Developers

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Canadian Hydro Developers Inc.
Type	Public
Founded
Headquarters	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Key people	John Keating, President and Chief Operating Officer
Industry	Electricity generation
Products	Electricity
Employees	-
Website	www.canhydro.com

Canadian Hydro Developers Inc. TSX: KHD is a Canadian company that operates 12 hydroelectric power sites, 4 wind power sites and one biomass power site in Canada. Canadian Hydro Developers is the Canadian leading supplier of EcoLogo certified power from environmentally sounds low-impact power production with plants located in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario. Canadian Hydro Developers sells most power under long term contracts to major provincial utilities such as Ontario Power Generation and BC Hydro.

Canadian Hydro was founded by two brothers John and Ross Keating with Jack McCleary founded the company. In 1989 Canadian Hydro had secured $1.3 million in equity and a contract with TransAlta to build three small run-of-river facilities. Revenue from these plants were then used in part to finance the future plants.

[edit] Generating Facilities

All facilities are owned by Canadian Hydro Developers.

Name	Location	Fuel	Units net capacity (Date)	Capacity (net MW)	Link
Akolkolex	Revelstoke, BC	Hydro	(1995)		[1]
Appleton	Appleton, ON	Hydro	Run-of-river (1994)		[2]
Belly River	Glenwood, AB	Hydro	Run-of-river (1991)		[3]
Cowley North	Pincher Creek, AB	Wind Power	15 Nordex N60 1.3 MW turbines (2001)	19.5 MW	[4]
Cowley Ridge	Pincher Creek, AB	Wind Power	52 Kenetech 33M-VS (360 kW) (1999) 5 Kenetech 33M-VS (375 kW) (2000)	21.4 MW	[5]
Galetta	Galetta, ON	Hydro	(1907)		[6]
Grande Prairie	Grande Prairie , AB	Biomass	(2003)	25 MW	[7]
Melancthon I	Shelburne, ON	Windpower	45 GE 1.5 MW turbines (2006)	67.5 MW	[8][9]
Misema	New Liskeard, ON	Hydro	(2003)		[10]
Moose Rapids	Sudbury, ON	Hydro	Run-of-river (1997)		[11]
Pingston	Revelstoke, BC	Hydro	Two turbines (2003) One turbine (2004)	45MW	[12]
Ragged Chute	New Liskeard, ON	Hydro	Run-of-river (1991)		[13]
Sinnott Wind Plant	Pincher Creek, AB	Wind Power	5 Nordex N60 1.3 MW turbines (2001)	6.5 MW	[14]
St. Mary	St. Mary, AB	Hydro	Run-of-river		[15]
Taylor	Magrath, AB	Hydro	Run-of-river		[16]
Taylor Wind Plant	Magrath, AB	Wind Power	9 Kennetech 375 kW turbines (2004)	3.4 MW	[17]
Upper Mamquam	Squamish, BC	Hydro	under construction	25 MW	[18]
Waterton	Waterton, AB	Hydro	Run-of-river (1992)		[19]