The US renewables market has long been a stomping ground for European heavyweight developers like Spain’s Iberdrola, Portugal’s EDP and Germany’s E.ON which have amassed multi-gigawatt American wind empires. Lately, however, a new breed of foreign developer has been making a big impact on the US market — and this time they’re coming from the north.

Over the past decade, Canada has quietly reared a formidable crop of homegrown renewables champions, fortified by the country’s stable hydro and vibrant wind markets.