With the site almost abandoned, a new administration stepped forward in 2019 to restore this giant's former glory and restore a key element of Quebec's renewable energy heritage. A development team was then formed from several residents of the Cap-Chat community. Throughout the adventure, their passion for sustainable development and enthusiasm for the topics covered provided a boost of motivation to take Projet Éole to new horizons. And so, in 2023, the Éole Foundation was established to provide Projet Éole with the tools it needed to carve out a place for itself in the renewable energy ecosystem. By popularizing wind energy to their visitors, the team has found itself an indispensable role as a conduit to the general public on everything related to this booming field.
The Éole Foundation was granted registered charity (RBC) status by the CRA in March 2023, and donations will be used to expand our education, outreach, and innovation activities on and off-site. You'll find a short list of the many upcoming projects in the Development section!
Benjamin Leduc – President and CEO – Éole Project
Benoit Beneteau – Secretary – BGlex Tax Law Firm
Laurent Pépin-Matte – Treasurer – Sustainable Development Consultant
Marc-Antoine Deroy – Administrator – Upper Gaspé Historical Society
Frédéric Chedore – Administrator – Boralex
Mikael Arsenault – Administrator – Soluwin
Projet Éole preserves and activates a unique heritage site dedicated to wind power in the Gaspé Peninsula to make renewable energy concrete, accessible and inspiring.
Through educational experiences on site and the deployment of innovative projects in communities, we support the energy transition by equipping citizens, professionals and territories.
We believe in collective experimentation to imagine the energies of tomorrow.
We make complex knowledge accessible to promote an informed transition.
Our actions take root in Haute-Gaspésie to spread further.
We combine art, science and nature to transform imaginations.
We are building an ecological transition that integrates biodiversity, social justice and local know-how.
Giving renewable energy a human, cultural and innovative face to inspire the energy transition, here and elsewhere.
To transmit, question and raise awareness.
To build bridges between generations, disciplines and territories.
To experiment, test, imagine new ways of acting.
