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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
Would've been neat to see a fully electrified process in hydro rich Manitoba. It would be cool to see renewables produced by renewables some day.
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Manitoba does have the unique advantage here of being hydro rich, and hopefully the new NDP government makes the moves necessary to keep that in place after the disaster the last 20 years, and then also having a huge mining sector that will be essential going in the future.
I know the mayor of Selkirk, and he's been like a dog on a bone with this facility. Pretty happy to see him and his team come out successful.
What is not really stated in the article is Selkirk worked with Manitoba Hydro to make sure the electrical needs are in place a year ago, and then pitched the brown water idea from their waste water plant as a water source. In fact when they built the waste water plant the recycled water was one of the main reasons it was pushed. Super long-term thinking that will benefit all of North America.
Also why we are better off when we have great leaders making great decisions as close to the source as possible.
Where were the feds in this? Nowhere to be found. As it should be.