We support you in developing your energy projects in Canada. We excel in carrying out the environmental studies required to carry out your renewable energy projects. From the first stages of territory analysis and project development, to follow-ups in the exploitation phase, our agile team facilitates the obtaining of your authorizations and the social acceptability of your project.
Our multidisciplinary team provides an overview of environmental and socio-economic issues. Our professionals are concerned about the quality of communications and community relations.
Entrusting your project to Pesca allows you to benefit from:
- an experienced team that contributed to the success of 85% of wind energy projects in operation in Quebec;
- a team that has conducted more than 70 environmental impact assessments of wind energy projects, 15 of which have received government orders without public hearings. Of this number, 25 projects remained confidential due to the context of the calls for tenders;
- a team that participated in 14 public hearings on wind projects, as experts and/or trainers of the developers;
- Professionals who have contributed to the development of more than 7,000 MW of renewable energy projects in Canada;
- Professionals with the expertise to prepare applications for ministerial authorizations. We are currently preparing applications for wind energy projects that will allow a total of 1,800 MW to be installed;
- a team that has conducted and supervised hundreds of thousands of hours of field inventories for wind energy projects in Quebec, documenting the physical, biological and human components of diverse environments;
- extensive networks of contacts and experience in Quebec with involvement in the development of wind energy projects in 9 of the 17 administrative regions of Quebec.
- a team that understands the knowledge of Indigenous peoples, understanding their land use and working with them on several wind farm projects. Collaborations on wind projects have taken place with the Wendat, Wolastoqiyik, Innu, Mi'kmaq, Abenaki and Mohawk peoples.
We contribute to the development of your wind farms, dams and hydroelectric power plants projects, power lines and connecting points. Our expertise is extensive. We offer you solutions adapted to your environmental, economic, social, regulatory and time-frame issues.
Our professionals assist you at every stage of your project:
- Identification of the potential and constraints of a site;
- Watershed analysis;
- Hydrological and sedimentary characterization;
- Inventory of natural environments: hydrology, fauna, flora;
- Characterization of wildlife and flora habitats and wetlands;
- Cartography and geomatics;
- Compliance with the environmental legal and regulatory framework;
- Development of roadways and infrastructure positioning;
- Inventory of the built environment;
- Environmental impact assessment and mitigation measures;
- Noise climate characterization and modelling;
- Landscape analysis and visual simulation;
- Hydrodynamic modelling;
- Communication: public consultations, public hearings, design of visual materials and extension tools;
- Application for permits and authorizations;
- Management of regulatory commitments and obligations;
- Environmental monitoring;
- Environmental monitoring;
- Shoreline stabilization and erosion control;
- Compensation, restoration and development plans.