BC Hydro selects four new projects under Clean Power Call program
This entry was posted on Thursday, April 1st, 2010 and is filed under BC Hydro, Syntaris Power.
Two run-of-river projects in Squamish among agreements awarded
BC Hydro has selected the second group of projects to be awarded electricity purchase agreements under the clean-power call for new sources of electricity.
The agreements announced Wednesday will generate more than 450 gigawatt hours (GWh) of clean, reliable electricity annually, enough to power Hydro said it expects to sign more agreements with renewable power producers in the weeks ahead. The goal is to reach Hydro’s target of 5,000 gigawatt hours per year, roughly the amount of electricity Hydro needs to meet the province’s order to make B.C. electricity self-sufficient by 2016.
…Bev Van Ruyven, acting chief executive officer and president of BC Hydro, said in a statement that clean-power call projects will “complement electricity purchase agreements awarded in the last year and a half under the Bioenergy Call for Power, the Standing Offer Program, as well as bilateral agreements with industry that have enabled BC Hydro to acquire close to 4,300 GWh annually of clean, reliable electricity.”
By Brian Morton, Vancouver Sun
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