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Site C Clean Energy Project

$7,900,000,000 Sector: Hydroelectric 2012 Ranking: 2 2011 Ranking: New Location: 7 KM Southwest of Fort St. John Owner: BC Hydro Key Players: British Columbia Environmental Assessment Agency and Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (joint review panel for EA) Funding: Public Description: This 1,100-megawatt (MW) hydroelectric earthfill dam is the source of considerable debate. Proponents, primarily BC [...]

Radiation Alarm Triggers Evacuation at Point Lepreau Nuclear Plant

A spill of deuterium laced heavy water triggered radiation detection equipment at the Point Lepreau Nuclear facility in New Brunswick. The alarm prompted an evacuation of the reactor building where the spill occurred. The facility is in the last stages of a $1.4 billion refurbishment, which has so far gone $1 billion over budget, and [...]

Design-Build Contract Signed for Northwest Transmission Line

Valard Construction and Burns & McDonnel have been awarded the design-build contract for the Northwest Transmission Line by BC Hydro. The line will cost an estimated $404 million and run from the Skeena Substation near Terrace to a new substation new Bob Quinn Lake in British Columbia. When complete it will be 344 kilometres long [...]

Keephills 3 Coal Power Plant Up and Running

On September 1st, Capital Power Corporation and TransAlta Corporation announced that the 495 megawatt Keephills 3 coal power generation station is now operational.  Capital Power Corp and TransAlta Corp equally split the estimated $1.98 billion cost of constructing the facility. Capital Power led the construction of the plant, while TransAlta will be responsible for operations. The [...]

Interior to Lower Mainland Transmission Line Receives Support of First Nations Groups

Three First Nations bands living in the path of the $725-million Interior to Lower Mainland Transmission Line have agreed to support the project. In February, BC Hydro was ordered to return to the negotiating table with thirteen First Nations groups after a judge ruled that BC Hydro had failed to adequately consult with the groups. [...]

Panel Suggests Nalcor’s Lower Churchill Analysis “Inadequate”

A panel that was assigned to review Nalcor Energy’s project analysis for the $6.2-billion, 2250-MW Lower Churchill hydroelectric project has suggested that the economic, energy and environmental considerations were not adequately examined. The Joint Review Panel, which consists of representatives from the provincial and federal government, concluded that “t the project would have several significant [...]

Construction Begins on Windsor-Essex Parkway Project

Construction has officially begun on the Windsor-Essex Parkway in Ontario. The 11 kilometre long extension to highway 401 is designed to reduce traffic in residential areas and provide improved access to the United States border. Windsor-Essex Mobility Group is the consortium selected by Infrastructure Ontario to undertake this design, build, finance and maintain project. The [...]

Shell Canada Seeks Approval for Quest Carbon Capture and Storage Project

Shell Canada is seeking regulatory approval for its $1.35 billion Quest carbon capture and storage project, which is a joint venture with Chevron Canada and Marathon Oil Sands. According to Alberta’s Energy Resources Conservation Board this is the first commercial scale project to apply for regulatory approval. The Alberta government is providing $745 million over [...]

Hospital Infrastructure Partners Chosen to Build Oakville Hospital

Infrastructure Ontario has named Hospital Infrastructure Partners (HIP) as the preferred company to design, build, finance and maintain the new Oakville Hospital. HIP is a consortium that includes EllisDon Corp and Carillion Canada Inc. The new hospital will replace the current Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and the contract is worth $2 billion over 30 years, [...]

Swan Hills Synfuels In-Situ Coal Gasification and Power Project

The project by Swan Hills Synfuels represents a $1.5 billion investment in coal gasification, power generation and carbon capture and storage technology. Expected to come online in 2015 this project taps into deep coal beds that are not considered practical to mine traditionally. Instead, the coal is turned directly into a synthetic gas while remaining [...]