Boralex

Boralex Inc.
Public (TSX: BLX)
Industry Electricity Generation
Headquarters Kingsey Falls, Quebec, Canada
Key people
 Patrick Lemaire, President & CEO
Robert F. Hall, Executive Chairman of the Board
Number of employees
 200

Boralex is a power producer whose core business is dedicated to the development and the operation of renewable energy power stations. Currently, the Corporation operates an asset base with an installed capacity of almost 500 MW in Canada, the Northeastern United States and France. The firm was created in 1982 as a joint venture between the leaders of three companies: Laduboro, Albany Oil and Exar. The name Boralex is derived from the names of these companies: LaduBOR, ALbany Oil and EXar.[1]

Business Segments

Boralex operates 29 power generation facilities with a total installed capacity of over 500MW.

Hydroelectric

Name Location Fuel Source Capacity (MW) Ref
Beauport Quebec Hydro 4.5 [2]
Buckingham Quebec Hydro 10 MW [3]
East Angus Quebec Hydro 2.0 [4]
Fourth Branch New York Hydro 3.0 [5]
Huntingville Quebec Hydro 0.5 [6]
Middle Falls New York Hydro 2.9 [7]
New York State Dam New York Hydro 11.5 [8]
Ocean Falls British Columbia Hydro 14.5 [9]
Sissonville New York Hydro 3 [10]
Warrensburg New York Hydro 3 [11]

Wind

Name Location Fuel Source Capacity (MW) Ref
Ally-Mercoeur France Wind 39 [12]
Avignonet Lauragais 1 France Wind 8.0 [13]
Avignonet Lauragais 2 France Wind 4.6 [14]
Cham de Cham Longe France Wind 18 [15]
Cham Longe 2 France Wind 11.5 [16]
Chasse-Marée France Wind 9.2 [17]
Chépy France Wind 4.0 [18]
La Citadelle France Wind 13.8 [19]
Le Grand Camp France Wind 10 [17]
Nibas France Wind 12 [20]
Plouquin France Wind 8.0 [21]
Ronchois France Wind 30 [17]
Thames River 1 Ontario Wind 40 [22]

Thermal

Name Location Fuel Source Capacity (MW) Ref
Blendecques France Natural Gas 14 [23]
Senneterre Quebec Wood Residue 12 [24]

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/en/boralex/history.aspx
  2. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/pdf/2012/beauport_fr.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/pdf/2012/buckingham_fr.pdf
  4. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-east-angus_EN.pdf
  5. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-fourth-branch_EN.pdf
  6. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-huntingville_EN.pdf
  7. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-middle-falls_EN.pdf
  8. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-new-york-state-dam_EN.pdf
  9. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-ocean-falls_EN.pdf
  10. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-sissonville_EN.pdf
  11. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-warrensburg_EN.pdf
  12. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-ally-mercoeur_EN.pdf
  13. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-avignonet-lauragais-1_EN.pdf
  14. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-avignonet-lauragais-2_EN.pdf
  15. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-cham-de-cham-longe-1_EN.pdf
  16. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-cham-de-cham-longe-2_EN.pdf
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Boralex Press Release, 4 October 2010
  18. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-chepy_EN.pdf
  19. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-la-citadelle_EN.pdf
  20. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-nibas_EN.pdf
  21. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-plouguin_EN.pdf
  22. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-thames-river-1_EN.pdf
  23. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/medias/sites/PDF/site-blendecques_EN.pdf
  24. ↑ http://www.boralex.com/projects/senneterre

See also

External links