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BC's First Geothermal Power Project Could Be Weeks From Drilling

BC’s First Geothermal Power Project Could Be Weeks From Drilling

The ECOreport looks behind the news that  BC’s First Geothermal Power Project Could Be Weeks From Drilling

By Roy L Hales

Though the provincial government has known about our massive potential since 1983. Two years ago the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (CanGEA) released a reportstating British Columbia could develop geothermal for half the cost of hydro. Now, as pipelines and the…

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CanGEA Questions Hydro Report's Professionalism

CanGEA Questions Hydro Report’s Professionalism

The Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (CanGEA)  says BC Hydro’s assessment of the province’s geothermal potential is incomplete & overestimated costs. CanGEA Questions Hydro Report’s Professionalism.

Press release from Canadian Geothermal Energy Association

CALGARY, ALBERTA – Today the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (CanGEA) released its response to the recent Geoscience BC report: “

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BC Hydro’s Evaluation of Geothermal is Outdated

BC Hydro’s Evaluation of Geothermal is Outdated

By Roy L Hales

BC Hydro recently slammed the most likely alternative to its proposed Site C Dam project in an interview with the Vancouver SUN. The Crown Corporation’s senior strategic technology specialist, Alex Tu, said some of the projects appear promising but stressed the cost estimates are still “very uncertain” and carry a lot of risk. What Tu did not tell the newspaper is that BC Hydro’s…

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Panel Chair Says BC Should Have Deferred Decision On Site C

Panel Chair Says BC Should Have Deferred Decision On Site C

Originally Published on Desmog Canada

By Emma Gilchrist

In his first interview on the Site C dam, the chair of the federal-provincial panel appointed to review Canada’s largest current infrastructure project said the B.C. government was unwise to green-light the project without a review by the B.C. Utilities Commission and would have been better off to delay the decision by a few years.

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BC could develop Geothermal for half the cost of Hydro

BC could develop Geothermal for half the cost of Hydro

By Roy L Hales

Last week the Canadian Geothermal Association (CanGEA) released a report stating BC could develop geothermal for half the cost of hydro. That’s only the first of a series of benefits, that include little environmental impact, more jobs and energy that costs less to produce. CanGEA claims there is a sufficient geothermal potential to meet all of British Columbia’s future power…

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