Renewable energy dominates this year's Top 100 Projects list - with little help from the Stimulus Fund

TORONTO, Jan. 11 /CNW/ - Renewable energy projects claim five of the top ten spots on the 2010 list of Canada's Top 100 infrastructure projects, representing $18.3 billion in investment.

ReNew Canada magazine's annual Top 100 Infrastructure Projects list, released today, represents over $68 billion in infrastructure investment for Canada. That 46 of those projects are new to the list is an indication of just how robust the infrastructure industry in Canada has been this year - and that's mostly outside of the federal government's Infrastructure Stimulus Fund (ISF). Almost none of the Top 100 projects are financed with help from the ISF.

Hydro-Québec's $6.5-billion renewable energy project along northern Quebec's Romaine River is number one on this year's list - it's one of four projects the utility has on the list. This project alone will create 975 jobs for each year of construction, and it's only one of 100 projects listed.

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