Power Generation Projects

Romaine Complex

A renewable energy project

Hydro-Québec Production has obtained the necessary approvals to build a 1,550 MW hydroelectric complex on the Rivière Romaine, north of the municipality of Havre-Saint-Pierre on the north shore of the Fleuve St-Laurent (St. Lawrence River). The complex will consist of four hydropower generating stations with annual output of 8.0 TWh. Construction is slated to begin in mid-2009 and be completed in 2020. The first Romaine commissioning is planned for 2014. Total estimated cost of the project is $6.5 billion.

The Romaine project will generate substantial economic spinoffs-approximately $3.5 billion for Québec as a whole and $1.3 billion for the Côte-Nord region, and create an average of 975 jobs each year while the project is being carried out.

Hydro-Québec is reiterating its commitment to sustainable development by focusing on renewable energy at the Romaine complex, which will help meet current needs without jeopardizing the energy supply of future generations.