$680 million

Sector: Energy

Location: Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec

Key players: Hydro ECI Inc. (speed governor cabinet); Les Laboratoires Shermont – Teknika HBA (soil investigation)

Owner: Hydro-Québec

Financing: Public

Status: Rapides-des-coeurs is in service and

Chute-Allard is scheduled for completion in 2010.

Project Details: These two new hydroelectric installations along the Saint-Maurice River will produce a combined total of 138 megawatts. The construction of the two new power stations and their related works will require the installation of approximately 4,000 tons of steel braces and of 61,000 m3 of concrete.