They had secured two 40-year renewable energy contracts and site control on several waterpower project sites. What they didn't have was a business, a team, financing, or anyone to run it. The asset was real. Everything else needed to be built from scratch.
This wasn't a project management problem. It was a business-building problem. The goal was to create an organization that could not only deliver these projects but replicate the model across future sites, while bringing municipalities, First Nations communities, and advocacy groups along as genuine partners.
We built the business. We hired the leadership team and engineering staff, secured the financing, negotiated equity partnerships with five First Nations communities, obtained municipal support, and led the B-Corp certification process. All within two years.
The company launched with a dozen staff and subcontractors, raised over $1.5 million in equity financing, and secured site control over 15 MW of power across a dozen project sites. It became the first community-supported renewable energy developer in Canada and was recognized as a global top 100 B-Corp company.