Longueuil, QC: Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. announced April that it had begun commercial operation of its 81.4 MW Upper Lillooet River run-of-river hydroelectric facility located in British Columbia. The site is the company’s 48th.
Innergex owns a 66.7% interest in the hydro facility and Ledcor Power Group Ltd. owns the remaining 33.3%.
The Upper Lillooet River facility’s average annual production is estimated to reach 334,000 MWh. The facility is part of the Upper Lillooet River Hydro Project, which includes two run-of-river clean energy generation facilities located in the Pemberton Valley: Upper Lillooet River (81.4 MW) and Boulder Creek (25.3 MW). COD for the Boulder Creek hydroelectric facility is expected in the second quarter of 2017.