Tag: Hydroelectricity
Canada needs a national energy strategy yesterday and Trudeau must take lead – Michal C. Moore
Energy technology is changing rapidly, Canada risks being left behind unless it prepares for future with national energy strategy The premiers met last week and one of the topics on the table was the “Canadian Energy Strategy,” which is turning out to be all platitudes and pablum, the typical Canadian approach to contentious policy issues. […]
Hydroelectric generators among United States oldest power plants
Hydroelectric generators have only increased slightly in recent decades Conventional hydroelectric generators account for 7 per cent of the operating electricity generating capacity in the United States and about 6 per cent to 7 per cent of US electricity generation each year, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Conventional hydroelectric plants are different from pumped-storage facilities, which produce […]
Klamath dams removal sought by states, federal agencies
Klamath dams removal a major victory for area tribes, farmers and ranchers SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ Oregon, California, the federal government and others have agreed to go forward with a plan to remove four Klamath dams without approval from Congress, a spokesman for dam owner PacifiCorp said Monday. The dam removal is part of an announcement planned Wednesday […]
Could hydroelectric power save the oilsands?
It makes economic sense to power oilsands with natural gas, but the political climate has changed By Trevor McLeod for Troy Media CALGARY, Alta. – B.C. Premier Christy Clark recently suggested her province could help Alberta reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by delivering hydro-generated electricity to Alberta. Many Albertans may be surprised that British Columbia’s premier wants […]
New England clean energy push lauded, but more transmission capacity needed
New England clean energy could help reduce costs, provide reliable sources of power MONTPELIER, Vt. _Companies designing projects to bring clean electricity to southern New England say they’re grateful Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island have finally made a request for proposals to carry that power to the region. But meeting the region’s longer-term goal of […]
‘Clean’ hydroelectric power poses northern methylmercury threat: study
Harvard study on hydroelectric projects published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Hydroelectric projects will put more methylmercury pollution into northern ecosystems than climate change, suggests a new Harvard University study. Methylmercury, a neurotoxin created as mercury blends with bacteria, is linked to heart issues and intellectual problems in children. High levels […]
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