Canada comes clean
A system that will demonstrate how remote communities can generate clean power is about to be built in the town of
The new system will be developed by BC Hydro, General Electric and Powertech.
'The project will address two challenges,' said Blair Lekstrom, minister of energy, mines and petroleum resources.
'It will reduce Bella Coola’s annual diesel-consumption by 200,000 litres - lowering greenhouse-gas emissions by 600 tonnes annually - and provide storage for run-of-river power, so the electricity can be used when the community needs it most.'
Bella Coola, which is 439km north of
Currently, the town is powered by diesel generators, which emit greenhouse gases, and by a run-of-river facility, a type of hydroelectric generation system in which the natural flow and elevation drop of a river are used to generate electricity.
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