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IPP'a playing minor role in BC Hydro rate increases

Posted by Michael Carter on Thursday, December 16, 2010, In : Clean Energy Act

Dec 15, 2010 3:35pm

IPP's playing minor role in BC Hydro rate increases

Capital projects, upgrading of infrastructure account for most of proposed increases

By Jesse Ferreras

BC Hydro confirmed last week that independent power producers (IPP) are playing a role in the Crown corporation's application to the B.C. Utilities Commission for rate increases.

In the fifth paragraph of a Dec. 2 news release, the power authority states that it is forecasting an increase of $7 each year for the next three ye...

Hope is Blowing in the wind for British Columbia

Posted by Michael Carter on Friday, August 14, 2009, In : Ontario Green Energy Act 2009

Hope is blowing in the wind for British Columbia

BY TZEPORAH BERMAN, SPECIAL TO THE SUNAUGUST 12, 2009COMMENTS (36)

Standing under the mesmerizing blades of the new wind energy park up at Dawson Creek last week was a moment to celebrate: The gentle giants at British Columbia's first wind farm are now feeding clean electricity onto the grid.

The most striking thing about the new wind farm is how utterly normal it all seems. Looking out over Mike's Steak House to the ridge in the distance...

How Hydropower Works: Canadian Hydropower Association

Posted by Michael Carter on Monday, July 27, 2009, In : Hydropower

How Hydro Works

Hydropower converts the natural flow of water into electricity to light our homes and power our industries. The energy is produced by the fall of water turning the blades of a turbine. The turbine is connected to a generator that converts the energy into electricity.

The amount of electricity a hydropower installation can produce depends on the quantity of water passing through a turbine (the volume of water flow) or on the height from which the water falls (the amount of h...