Business is a service to society. It exists to serve its stakeholders such as the community it operates in, improve lives of the customers it serves, expand the horizon of the employees constituting it, and provide a reasonable return to the shareholders owning it; all in a manner that is prudent, fair and does not prioritize the interest of one over the other. Gaia Power aspires to do so in the development of clean energy.” — Samit Sharma, founder Gaia Power
April 27, 2022, Regina SK — SaskPower successfully connects Blue Hill wind project to the provincial power grid. The Project is located near Herbert, and is made up of 35 turbines, producing 175 MW in south-west Saskatchewan. It is a successor to the 177 MW wind project in southwest Saskatchewan near Chaplin proposed by Windlectric, a former joint venture of Gaia Power with Algonquin Power. Read More»
February 10, 2021, Regina SK — When Samit Sharma M. Eng’98 first came to Regina from India in 1996 to study at the University of Regina, his introduction to cold weather, as he said, was more than offset by the warm welcome he received from the people of Regina and the campus community. Sharma came to Canada, thanks in part, to a scholarship for enrollment as a graduate engineering student, in the Industrial Systems program under Professor S. Bhole. Sharma is set to repay that kindness with some generosity of his own, specifically a $100,000 donation to create a new scholarship for engineering graduate students. Read More»
January 21, 2019, Regina SK — The Western Lily windfarm near Grenfell has achieved commercial operations and is supplying energy to the SaskPower grid. The project consists of 10 Enercon turbines, which will supply up to 20 MW of electricity – enough to power 8,000 homes. Read more, or watch a video about the construction of the wind farm.
June 15, 2018, Toronto ON — Hydro One successfully connects Amherst Island wind project to provincial power grid. The Project is located within Loyalist Township in the County of Lennox and Addington in eastern Ontario, and is made up of 26 turbines, producing 75 MW on Amherst Island, Ontario. The Project was developed by Windlectric, a former joint venture of Gaia Power with Algonquin Power. Read More»
February 28, 2012, Regina SK — SaskPower has signed an agreement with Windlectric as the successful proponent under Saskatchewan Power Corporation's Request for Proposal for the 177 megawatt Wind Project located in southwest Saskatchewan near Chaplin, 200 km west of Regina. The Project was jointly originated in 2009 by Algonquin Power and Gaia Power Inc. Read More»
July 5, 2011, Regina SK — SaskPower has selected 13 new environmentally preferred power projects through its second annual Green Options (GO) Partners Program lottery. "This year SaskPower received more than 300 applications for the GO Partners Program, up significantly from 2010," said Rob Norris, Minister responsible for SaskPower. "The 13 projects selected will add about 46 megawatts of green electricity to the electricity grid, helping to meet the province's growing need for power with no additional greenhouse gas emissions." Read More»
February 28, 2011, Oakville ON — Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. today announced the achievement of commercial operation of the 26.4 MW Phase I Red Lily Wind Project in south-eastern Saskatchewan pursuant to the Power Purchase Agreement with SaskPower. Read More»
February 25, 2011, Oakville ON — Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. announced today that Ontario Power Authority has awarded a contract to the wholly owned 75 MW Amherst Island Wind Project, located on Amherst Island in the village of Stella, approximately 25 kilometers southwest of Kingston, Ontario. Read More»
April 21, 2010, Oakville ON — Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is pleased to announce the commencement of construction of the 26.4 MW Phase I Red Lily Wind Project in south-eastern Saskatchewan with the execution of a turbine supply agreement with Vestas Canadian Wind Technology Inc., receipt of all required permits and satisfaction of all conditions for project financing. Read More»
September 20, 2008, Kingston ON — The race to build a wind farm in Prince Edward County is a long one. So long that it's difficult for a company to know where to begin. “It would be fool-headed to race ahead and get all your permits in place and not have a contract to sell power,” said Samit Sharma of Gaia Power Inc. Read More»
May 27, 2006, Regina SK — SaskPower has selected four project proposals for the second and final phase of its Environmentally Preferred Power (EPP) program. The three heat-recovery projects and one wind power development proposal were chosen after careful review and analysis. Read More»
November 25, 2005, Kingston ON — Gaia Power Inc. and their partners are pleased to announce that their joint bid with Canadian Hydro Developers was successful in the Ontario government's request for proposals for Green Power Projects. Read More»