Infrastructure

Ashlu Creek Green Power Project

The Ashlu Creek Green Power Project is a 49 megawatt run-of-river project that is located approximately 35km northwest of Squamish. It will produce enough electricity for 23,000 homes each year and 100% of the electricity is sold to BC Hydro.

Run-of-river projects are common in British Columbia today. They are significant contributors of “green” power because they require little water storage to generate electricity and produce few—if any—greenhouse gas emissions. Unlike large hydro projects that have been traditionally built in BC, no large dams, reservoirs or flooding is caused by these “small hydro” projects; the energy produced comes from the naturally flowing mountain waters.

Renewable energy projects such as the Ashlu Creek Green Power Project are an important part of the solution to return BC from being a net electricity importer to becoming self sufficient in electricity production from secure, local sources of electricity.

For more information on the project, please visit our project web site www.ashlucreek.com.