Canadian Hydro Developers

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title: "Canadian Hydro Developers" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["defunct-electric-power-companies-of-canada", "electric-power-companies-of-alberta", "defunct-companies-of-alberta", "companies-based-in-calgary", "2009-mergers-and-acquisitions", "2009-disestablishments-in-alberta", "hydroelectric-power-companies-of-canada"] description: "Canadian energy company" topic_path: "geography/canada" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Hydro_Developers" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Canadian energy company ::

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Field	Value
name	Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc.
type	Public
fate	Acquired by TransAlta
defunct
foundation
location	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
key_people	Kent Brown, Chief Executive Officer
industry	Electricity generation
num_employees	150 (2009)
revenue	63 million USD (2007)
net_income	8 million USD (2007)
products	Electricity
homepage	www.canhydro.com
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name = Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. | type = Public | fate = Acquired by TransAlta| defunct = | foundation = | location = Calgary, Alberta, Canada | key_people = Kent Brown, Chief Executive Officer| industry = Electricity generation | num_employees = 150 (2009)| revenue = 63 million USD (2007)| net_income = 8 million USD (2007)| products = Electricity | homepage = www.canhydro.com Canadian Hydro Developers, Inc. was a Canadian company that operated 12 hydroelectric power sites, eight wind power sites and one biomass power site in Canada.

Canadian Hydro was founded by two brothers John and Ross Keating with Jack McCleary. In 1989 Canadian Hydro had secured $1.3 million in equity and a contract with TransAlta to build three small run-of-river facilities. Revenue from these plants were then used in part to finance the future plants.

In January 2005, the firm bought Canadian Renewable Energy Corporation (CREC).

In December 2006 the firm bought Vector Wind Energy which has over 13 projects either built or in the process as of 2007.

Announced in February 2007 (and finalized in March) the firm bought GW Power Corporation.

In December 2009 TransAlta acquired Canadian Hydro Developers at $5.25 cash per share.

Generating facilities

All facilities are owned by Canadian Hydro Developers.

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Name	Location	Fuel	Units net capacity (Date)	Capacity (net MW)	Link
Akolkolex	Revelstoke, British Columbia	Hydro
Appleton	Appleton, Ontario	Hydro
Belly River	Glenwood, Alberta	Hydro
Cowley North	Pincher Creek, Alberta	Wind power		19.5 MW
Cowley Ridge	Pincher Creek, Alberta	Wind power		21.4 MW
Galetta	Galetta, Ontario	Hydro
Grande Prairie	Grande Prairie, Alberta	Biomass		25 MW
Melancthon I	Shelburne, Ontario	Wind power		67.5 MW
Melancthon II	Shelburne, Ontario	Wind power		132 MW
Misema	Cobalt, Ontario	Hydro
Moose Rapids	Sudbury, Ontario	Hydro
Pingston	Revelstoke, British Columbia	Hydro		45MW
Ragged Chute	Cobalt, Ontario	Hydro
Sinnott Wind Plant	Pincher Creek, Alberta	Wind power		6.5 MW
St. Mary	St. Mary, Alberta	Hydro
Taylor	Magrath, Alberta	Hydro
Taylor Wind Plant	Magrath, Alberta	Wind power		3.4 MW
Upper Mamquam	Squamish, British Columbia	Hydro		25 MW
Wolfe Island Wind Project	Wolfe Island, Ontario	Wind power		197.8 MW
Waterton	Waterton, Alberta	Hydro
Soderglen	Soderglen, Alberta	Wind power		70.5 MW
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References

References

1. "Company Profile for Canadian Hydro Developers Inc (CA;KHD)".
2. "Vector Wind Energy - Home Page".
3. "Archived copy".
4. "Yahoo Finance - Stock Market Live, Quotes, Business & Finance News".
5. "Installed Capacity - Canadian Wind Energy Association".

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