Hydro Power

• ‘Show us the money!’: N.L. premier says open to hydro deal if Quebec pays up

  The agreement from 1969 has earned Quebec more than $28 billion but only $2 billion for Newfoundland and Labrador.

  Canada

  Sep 25, 2023
  
• Prime Minister Trudeau pushes idea of hydro loop connecting Quebec, Atlantic region

  Trudeau said he remains confident his government will eventually support a connected loop of Atlantic and Quebec electricity, allowing the Maritimes to end its reliance on coal.

  Politics

  Jun 19, 2023
  
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• Controversial Alberta coal mine could soon get green energy makeover

  Energy producers are hoping turn Tent Mountain's historic mining operation -- and its water-filled mining pits -- into a new stream of renewable energy.

  Environment

  Mar 16, 2023
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• Quebec looks beyond hydroelectricity as last planned megaproject set to wrap

  Hydro-Québec confirmed that it doesn't have other hydro projects on the horizon, saying they take at least a decade to plan and build and don't come cheap.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2021
• ‘Ottawa stands between us,’ Pallister says after feds delay Manitoba-Minnesota hydro project

  Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says the federal government is standing in the way of a hydroelectric project that would help move states in the U.S. Midwest off of coal.

  Politics

  Jun 2, 2019
• Peterborough Utilities Inc. looks to build two more hydropower stations along Trent-Severn Waterway

  Peterborough Utilities Inc. looks to build a hydro generation facility near Lock 31 and Lock 24.

  News

  Feb 28, 2018
• Why Canada is poised to become a prime destination for Bitcoin mining

  It won't be long before cryptocurrency mining operations want to set up shop in the true north strong and free — if they haven't already.

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2018
• Nova Scotia Power exceeds renewable energy target in 2015

  26.6 per cent of the electricity used by Nova Scotians last year came from renewable resources.

  Environment

  Jan 26, 2016
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• Canadian rivers eyed as solution to US Northeast’s high energy prices

  In review or under construction are five large-scale hydropower proposals that could pump thousands of megawatts from Quebec's rivers and reservoirs into the U.S. Northeast.

  Canada

  Aug 2, 2015