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Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund

Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund was established in November 1999 as a publicly traded investment vehicle to acquire long-life, low cost generating assets which provide stable and sustainable cash distributions to unitholders. Brookfield owns 50.1% of the units with the remaining 49.9% held by the public.

Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund owns, operates and manages high quality assets which produce electricity exclusively from environmentally friendly hydroelectric resources through five integrated hydroelectric generation systems located in Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and New England. These facilities include 26 hydroelectric generating stations with significant water storage and installed capacity of 1,015 megawatts ("MW"), generating on average, 3,874 gigawatt hours ("GWh") of electricity annually, with interconnections with the Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and New England power grids.

Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund units are listed for trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol GLH.UN.

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Investing in Wind Power

Brookfield Power Corporation is investing in the development of wind energy projects to offer clean renewable electricity. For more than five years, Brookfield Power has been actively involved in pursuing development opportunities in the wind energy sector.

Brookfield Power has been conducting extensive research to identify the viable wind resource base in Ontario. We are developing high value projects, through the application of advanced wind resource technologies, and acquisitions of productive wind lands.

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Prince Wind Energy Project

The Prince Wind Energy Project comprises 126 wind turbines extending over nearly 20,000 acres. With a total installed capacity of 189 megawatts (MW), Prince is now the largest wind farm in Canada.

Completed in November, 2006, the Prince Wind Energy Project is located northwest of Sault Ste. Marie, in Northern Ontario. The project was constructed in two phases, each with its own 20-year power purchase agreement with the Ontario Power Authority.