PROJECT AT A GLANCE

• Installed capacity: 24 MW
• 6 Enercon wind turbines (E-138 model)
• Underground electrical collector system
• Commissioning: February 1st, 2022
• Municipalities of Saint-Rémi and Saint-Michel

SCHEDULE

• December 2018 – Filing of environmental impact assessment
• December 2018 – Filing of CPTAQ application
• May to August 2019 – BAPE process
• Spring 2020 – Permits and authorization to construct
• Fall 2020 – Start of construction
• Winter 2021/2022: Commissioning

PARTNERSHIP

• Partnership between Kahnawà:ke Sustainable Energies (30% equity) and Kruger Energy (70%)
• Twenty-year Power Purchase Agreement signed in 2011 by Kahnawà:ke Sustainable Energies
• Only Aboriginal project among 11 community projects selected under call for tenders A/O 2009-02

ECONOMIC BENEFITS

• Growth-generating economic benefits for the communities in the municipalities of Saint-Rémi and Saint-Michel and for the Mohawk Community that is investing in the project
• 60% Québec content
• Regional content (Gaspésie – Îles-de-la-Madeleine administrative region and Matane RCM) represents 30% of total wind turbine cost
• $180,000 / year in voluntary contributions paid out to the host municipalities (or more than $3.6 million over 20 years)
• $165,000 / year shared among all participanting landowners for a period of 20 years
• 40 – 50 jobs during the construction phase
• 2 – 4 permanent jobs during the operational phase

SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT

• In the long term, Kruger Energy and Kahnawà:ke Sustainable Energies are proposing an environmentally friendly project for the benefit of present and future generations
• Comprehensive environmental impact assessment based on work completed in the region over the past decade
• Public meetings and clear communication with the community
• Rigorous post-construction monitoring
• Protection of farmland and agricultural infrastructures
• Stakeholder committee in place for the duration of the project