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Brookfield Renewable

Brookfield Renewable is a publicly traded renewable power company operated by Brookfield, with about 47,200 megawatts of operating capacity worldwide, according to its 2025 annual report; its principal office is in Hamilton, Bermuda, and its main U.S. office is in New York. It has four hydroelectric plants in Pennsylvania totaling 747 megawatts, including the Holtwood and Safe Harbor dams on the lower Susquehanna River in Lancaster and York counties. In July 2025 it signed 20-year contracts to sell about 670 megawatts from those two dams to Google, worth more than $3 billion, as the first deals under a framework for up to 3,000 megawatts of hydropower, and both dams are going through federal relicensing.

In May 2024 Brookfield Renewable signed a framework agreement with Microsoft to deliver more than 10.5 gigawatts of new renewable capacity in the U.S. and Europe between 2026 and 2030.

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Pennsylvania projects on our map

  • 2 approved or built

Owner: 2 · Partner: 1

Holtwood and Safe Harbor Hydropower (Google Power Deal)FirstEnergy $15 Billion Pennsylvania Grid Expansion
Approved or built2
In process0
Stopped0
Megawatts named670 MWpublished for 1 of 2
Investment announced$15.0 billionpublished for 1 of 2
Counties2Lancaster, York
Earliest project2025first public announcement
Local groups opposing3across its projects
Legal filings5appeals, challenges and suits on file
Community impacts7documented on its projects
News stories8in our coverage log

Projects

ProjectStatusRoleSize named
FirstEnergy $15 Billion Pennsylvania Grid Expansion56 of 67 Pennsylvania countiesSuggest a correction Under Construction Owner ·
Holtwood and Safe Harbor Hydropower (Google Power Deal)Holtwood and Safe Harbor dams on the Susquehanna River, Lancaster and York countiesSuggest a correction Operational Owner, Partner 670 MW

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