Canadian Hydro Developers

Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. was a Canadian company that operated 12 hydroelectric power sites, eight wind power sites and one biomass power site in Canada.

Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc.

Company type	Public
Industry	Electricity generation
Defunct	2009 (2009)
Fate	Acquired by TransAlta
Headquarters	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Key people	Kent Brown, Chief Executive Officer
Products	Electricity
Revenue	63 million USD (2007)[1]
Net income	8 million USD (2007)[1]
Number of employees	150 (2009)[1]
Website	www.canhydro.com

Canadian Hydro was founded by two brothers John and Ross Keating with Jack McCleary. 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.

In January 2005, the firm bought Canadian Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC).

In December 2006 the firm bought Vector Wind Energy^[2] which has over 13 projects either built or in the process as of 2007.^[3]

Announced in February 2007 (and finalized in March) the firm bought GW Power Corporation.^[4]

In December 2009 TransAlta acquired Canadian Hydro Developers at $5.25 cash per share.

Generating facilities

All facilities are owned by Canadian Hydro Developers.

Name	Location	Fuel	Units net capacity (Date)	Capacity (net MW)	Link
Akolkolex	Revelstoke, British Columbia	Hydro	(1995)
Appleton	Appleton, Ontario	Hydro	Run-of-river (1994)
Belly River	Glenwood, Alberta	Hydro	Run-of-river (1991)
Cowley North	Pincher Creek, Alberta	Wind power	15 Nordex N60 1.3 MW turbines (2001)	19.5 MW
Cowley Ridge	Pincher Creek, Alberta	Wind power	52 Kenetech 33M-VS (360 kW) (1999) 5 Kenetech 33M-VS (375 kW) (2000)	21.4 MW
Galetta	Galetta, Ontario	Hydro	(1907)
Grande Prairie	Grande Prairie, Alberta	Biomass	(2003)	25 MW
Melancthon I	Shelburne, Ontario	Wind power	45 GE 1.5 MW wind turbines (2006)	67.5 MW
Melancthon II	Shelburne, Ontario	Wind power	88 GE 1.5 MW turbines (October 30, 2008)	132 MW
Misema	Cobalt, Ontario	Hydro	2.3 MW (2003)
Moose Rapids	Sudbury, Ontario	Hydro	Run-of-river (1997)
Pingston	Revelstoke, British Columbia	Hydro	Two turbines (2003) One turbine (2004)	45MW
Ragged Chute	Cobalt, Ontario	Hydro	Run-of-river (1991)
Sinnott Wind Plant	Pincher Creek, Alberta	Wind power	5 Nordex N60 1.3 MW turbines (2001)	6.5 MW
St. Mary	St. Mary, Alberta	Hydro	Run-of-river
Taylor	Magrath, Alberta	Hydro	Run-of-river
Taylor Wind Plant	Magrath, Alberta	Wind power	9 Kennetech 375 kW turbines (2004)	3.4 MW
Upper Mamquam	Squamish, British Columbia	Hydro	operational in 2005	25 MW
Wolfe Island Wind Project	Wolfe Island, Ontario	Wind power	86 Siemens 2.3 MW turbines (2005)	197.8 MW
Waterton	Waterton, Alberta	Hydro	Run-of-river (1992)
Soderglen	Soderglen, Alberta	Wind power	47x GE 1.5 MW [5] (From GWP Merger - Feb/Mar 2007)	70.5 MW