Like Canadian peer Northland Power, which last year acquired a majority stake in German offshore wind project Nordsee 1, Boralex has staked much of its future growth on the European market.

Boralex recently called France is the most promising wind market in Europe.

France – which steeply increased its installations of both wind and solar capacity in 2014 – has long been central to Quebec-based Boralex’s business.

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