Power-Hungry Canadian Province Tees Up $4 Billion of Wind Farms
- Nine projects to yield 5,000 gigawatt hours per year
- Initiative contrasts with fossil-fuel focus of Trump, Alberta
The electricity company BC Hydro, owned by the west coast province of British Columbia, awarded 30-year purchase agreements to nine projects promising almost 5,000 gigawatt hours per year of electricity, adding about 8% to the region’s grid by 2031.
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Canada’s third-most populous province is giving the go-ahead to wind farms worth as much as C$6 billion ($4.2 billion).
The electricity company BC Hydro, owned by the west coast province of British Columbia, awarded 30-year purchase agreements to nine projects promising almost 5,000 gigawatt hours per year of electricity, adding about 8% to the region’s grid by 2031. BC will also exempt wind projects from environmental assessments.