Newly announced Mauricie Project is good news for wind and solar deployment in Quebec.
Montreal, November 14, 2023— CanREA congratulates TES Canada H2 Inc. for its announcement last week of a $4B green Hydrogen project in the La Mauricie region of Quebec.
When it becomes operational in 2028, the Mauricie Project will produce 70,000 tonnes of green Hydrogen annually to help decarbonize fossil-fuel-intensive sectors of the Quebec economy.
Green Hydrogen requires a vast supply of clean, renewable energy generation, which will mean scaling up the deployment of wind and solar in the region. To that end, TES Canada will build an 800 MW wind farm and a 200 MW solar farm to provide the energy for electrolysis.
The 800 MW wind farm will be one of the largest in Canada, two times larger than the largest wind farm currently operating in Quebec. TES Canada predicts the project will create 1000 construction jobs for three to four years, followed by approximately 200 permanent jobs in Mauricie.
“This is good news for the wind and solar deployment in Quebec,” said Jean Habel, CanREA’s Director for Quebec and Atlantic Canada. “This project represents significant opportunities for CanREA members active in Quebec, in terms of construction, OEMs, maintenance and more. CanREA members are ready and able to build our clean energy future.”
CanREA supports the deployment of green hydrogen, as a broad, integrative solution for decarbonizing Canada’s heavy industries where electrification is difficult. The Mauricie Project supports the use of green hydrogen for heavy transportation, which alone accounts for nearly 10% of Quebec’s emissions. The remainder will be purchased by CanREA member Énergir for third generation (e-gas) renewable natural gas, a renewable fuel used to decarbonize the heavy industrial sector.
TES Canada claims this project will reduce CO2 emissions by 800,000 tonnes annually, making it one of the largest decarbonation projects in Quebec announced to date.
“This project aligns well with CanREA’s 2050 Vision. It will use wind and solar energy produced on site, optimize the use of the electricity grid, and help decarbonize key sectors of the Quebec economy.”
The announcement took place in Shawinigan, Quebec, at a press conference featuring Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry and Member of Parliament for Saint-Maurice–Champlain, François-Philippe Champagne, Quebec’s Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, Pierre Fitzgibbon, the mayor of Shawinigan, Michel Angers, and the executive director of TES Canada, Éric Gauthier. TES Canada H2 Inc is a Montreal-based unit of Belgium’s Tree Energy Solutions.
TES Canada is running local public consultations on this project until November 21. For more information, see the press release here.
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“This is good news for wind and solar deployment in Quebec. This project represents significant opportunities for CanREA members active in Quebec, in terms of construction, OEMs, maintenance and more. CanREA members are ready and able to build our clean-energy future.”
“This project aligns well with CanREA’s 2050 Vision. It will use wind and solar energy produced on site, optimize the use of the electricity grid, and help decarbonize key sectors of the Quebec economy.”
—Jean Habel, CanREA’s Director for Quebec and Atlantic Canada
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