History - Bahamas Renewable Energy Corporation

116 Years of Renewable Energy Experience

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

BREC is a young and dynamic Bahamian company, but our ambitions are rooted in the 116 years of the Schneider family's experience of providing electricity in Germany and Canada. 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.

Today, after the Schneider family's immigration to Canada in 1985, Schneider Power Inc. (TSXV:SNE), a Canadian publicly traded company, continues to focus on renewable energy by investing directly in clean energy projects. Considered a leader in wind-energy, our project teams and partners have installed over 15,000 MW of wind and solar power worldwide.

As in 1982, we continue to take leaps of faith in electricity production, using clean and safe 21st Century technology, including the construction of the Bahamas' most technologically advanced renewable energy projects to fuel a growing nation and bring power to life for Bahamians.