Quebec's power generation future looks green and clean
Power generators are planning projects that would increase generation capacity by 42%, up to 24,678 MW.
About 99% of the new generation planned is from renewable sources, increasing the renewable energy from 14,572 MW to 21,888 MW or about 88% of the total generation.
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