Canada's Environmental Assessment Agency Backs Major British Columbia Dam Project

摘要

A Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency joint review panel said May 8 the proposed $7.9 billion (US$7.3 billion) BC Hydro Site C hydroelectric project is the cheapest option for clean new energy in British Columbia and could proceed, subject to government approval. "The benefits are clear," said the report, which included 50 recommendations. "Despite high initial costs, and some uncertainty about when the power would be needed, the project would provide a large and long-term increment of firm energy and capacity at a price that would benefit future generations. It would do this in a way that would produce a vastly smaller burden of greenhouse gases than any alternative save nuclear power, which B.C. has prohibited. The project would improve the foundation for the integration of other renewable, low-carbon energy sources as the need arises."