116 Years of Renewable Energy Experience

At Schneider Power Inc., we understand electricity. How to produce it, distribute it and provide a secure source of power to our communities.

Today Schneider Power is a young and dynamic Canadian company, but our ambitions are rooted in the 116 years of the Schneider family's experience of providing electricity in Germany. The Schneider family has successfully invested in renewable energy since 1892, shortly after Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.

Josef Schneider, a local flour mill owner got a bank loan to buy a generator and converted his mill into a hydro-electric power plant. As demand grew, his sons acquired more flour mills and followed suit, converting them into hydro-electric plants, thus providing clean and safe electric power to the region.

In 1975, the current Chairman of the company, Bernd Schneider, took over the reins from his father. EWH grew to become one of the largest electricity networks in Southern Germany, supplying in excess of 21,000,000 kWh annually to both industrial and residential customers.