“If the LNG can reduce the carbon
emission by 50 per cent but does not
consider upstream and transportation,
it only ends up being 18 per cent in
aggregate reduction,” says Mather. “We
need to increase electricity production
by 50 per cent by 2030 and 100 per
cent by 2050.”
“That is great deal of power, especially
with the new LNG industry which is
taking shape in BC. If we don’t electrify
this industry, it will effectively become
impossible to meet our bigger 2050
goals in carbon reduction.”
Clean Energy BC’s position is that
“electrification is the only major current
solution,” says Mather. “BC Hydro and
the BC Utility Commission’s plans are
Skookum Creek Hydroelectric Project by BGC
Engineering is a run-of-river project that develops
25 megawatts of power from a head drop of 345 M.
Bear Mountain Wind Park by AltaGas is BC’s first full
ers enough electricity to power most of
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