What’s new?

Our free guided tours continue this fall! Departures from the heritage railway station will continue on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until October 9; exact times may vary. Duration: about one hour. (Tours are in French.) Learn more

Free guided tours all summer long! Departures from the heritage railway station, from Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; exact times may vary. Duration: about an hour. (Tours are in French.) Learn more

The fire department will be connected to the Lac-Mégantic microgrid and feature the most advanced energy technologies:

• Two-sided solar panels to generate electricity
• Energy storage batteries
• Energy management and control system

Thanks to its energy-efficient thermal envelope and technologies that reduce energy use, the fire station will also be a model of energy efficiency

Discover the architectural pavilion in downtown Lac‑Mégantic, at the very heart of the microgrid discovery tour. Take a look at the dashboard to follow the real‑time energy consumption and production of local buildings and the 72 solar panels on the roof of the pavilion that power the nearby heritage railway station and electric vehicle charging stations. The pavilion is a public gathering place that will host community activities.

On Saturday, December 4, kindergarten students at École Notre‑Dame‑de‑Fatima presented a Christmas concert to mark the pavilion’s inauguration and the start of the holiday season.

Check out the Lac‑Mégantic microgrid discovery tour between the train station and the substation located near the town’s sports center. The tour will give you an idea of what the future has in store energy‑wise! Identify the buildings housing various technologies and learn more about how the microgrid works. Visit the exhibition in the heritage railway station—open throughout the summer—and learn, among other things, how electricity came to Lac‑Mégantic, at the instigation of Father Joseph‑Eugène‑Edmond Choquette, nicknamed the “Electric Priest.”

Thank you to the contributors and to all the citizens of Lac-Mégantic who attended the official inauguration of the town’s microgrid, a groundbreaking project for an innovative, forward-looking community!

When planning the reconstruction of its downtown core following the rail disaster of July 2013, Lac-Mégantic set itself the challenge of becoming a hub of technological innovation. At the same time, Hydro-Québec was embarking on a major energy transition. The convergence of these two visions resulted in the microgrid, designed collaboratively over the months that ensued.

Hydro-Québec representatives were on hand to chat with local residents and visitors about the microgrid.

As part of the Lac-Mégantic microgrid project, work is underway to apply energy efficiency measures in buildings on Promenade Papineau.

Upgrades and improvements to mechanical HVAC systems will improve the working environment and overall comfort inside the buildings, while targeted energy management adapted to actual usage will result in energy savings.

Last conference of the season on another important aspect of the energy transition: energy efficiency in terms of optimizing energy use in residential buildings.

Second conference in the Bâtisseurs de solutions énergétiques (Building Energy Solutions) series, presented in Lac-Mégantic.

First in a series of conferences entitled Bâtisseurs de solutions énergétiques (Building Energy Solutions), presented as part of the microgrid project for Lac-Mégantic residents. The conferences are held at the Centre sportif Mégantic.

Inauguration of the microgrid center in Lac-Mégantic, an interpretation center open to the public that showcases the microgrid construction project in the new downtown area of Lac-Mégantic.

Presentation of a microgrid project at the annual meeting of the Association de l’industrie électrique du Québec (AIEQ) in Montréal.