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Originally Posted by Torture
Let's build a transmission line from QC to Alberta to get Alberta on clean hydro. We can call it Energy West.
Note: not a serious idea.
But more seriously, high voltage, long distance transmission lines are the new pipelines. Nobody wants them in their backyard but as we electrify everything and try to move clean electricity across the country/manage intermittency issues we're going to need them.
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It's criminal Alberta has not started the process of building a line to Site C. That project is a 2025 ISD. An HVDC link is about 10 years development start to finish. That line would be about 600 km and cost $3.5B for 2,000MW.