VANCOUVER – On Saturday, December 12th, 2016 nearly 200 countries came to a historic agreement at the United Nations COP21 climate conference in Paris, France, where world leaders from around the globe met to discuss how to collectively tackle the issue of climate change. The Paris Agreement commits countries to hold global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees Celsius
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Accident at the Upper Lillooet Hydro Project Construction Site
Yesterday, like many others in British Columbia, Clean Energy BC (CEBC) learned about the tragic accident that happened at the Upper Lillooet Hydro Project construction site that resulted in the death of an employee of Prime Contractor CRT-EBC SENC and injury to another. We here at CEBC would like to express our deepest condolences to the families and friends of
Clean Energy BC Endorses Energy Forum’s Call for Action on Energy and Climate
VANCOUVER – The Energy Forum today released a statement calling for bold action on energy and climate by the British Columbia Government leading up to the United Nations climate-change conference in Paris in early December 2015. Clean Energy BC, representing over 220 clean energy operating and development companies, suppliers, contractors, and service providers, is pleased to be one of the
BC’s Kokish River hydro project gets first-of-its-kind loan from the federal P3 Canada Fund.
Kokish project north of Campbell River gets historic funding (This story first ran in the Campbell River Courier-Islander. It appears here with the permission of the newspaper.) In a first-of-its-kind deal in Canada, the federal Department of Finance announced support for the Kokish River Hydroelectric Project, through a P3 Canada Fund preferential loan of up to $12.94 million Wednesday (Sept. 24). The
BC’s Forrest Kerr run-of-river hydro plant (AltaGas, 195MW) goes COD
The Forrest Kerr hydroelectric project has hit its commercial operation date and has delivered its certificate of COD to BC Hydro. AltaGas Ltd. said the 195MW plant on the Iskut River in northwestern BC had completed the final 72-hour period of testing required under its electricity purchase agreement with BC Hydro. A certificate of COD was then delivered to BC Hydro. “This
Reaffirming Our Vows To Keep BC’s Clean Energy Power Sector Humming
This morning, in a short ceremony in Vancouver, I signed a memorandum of understanding with The Honorable Bill Bennett, the Minister of Energy and Mines, and Jessica McDonald, the CEO of BC Hydro. I was there, of course, on behalf of our member companies—the many firms that reliably, responsibly, and affordably produce clean power for our homes and economy. The
A roundup of BC clean energy in the news, starting with the cost of Site C and reaction
The latest cost estimate for the proposed Site C dam made headlines, with Premier Christy Clark saying in New York that the initial $7.9-billion number now has become $8.5 billion. And Energy Minister Bill Bennett saying it could go beyond that. B.C. estimates additional cost of $600-million for Site C dam project. (The Globe and Mail) Vaughn Palmer: For the latest on
Judith Sayers, First Nations run-of-river hydro trailblazer
Judith Sayers is a former chief, a negotiator and a leader in helping First Nations get involved in the renewable energy business. By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Judith Sayers is a former chief, a negotiator and a leader in helping First Nations get involved in the renewable energy business. Her traditional name is Kekinusuqs (pronounced ke kay ana suks)
Clean energy fuels First Nations development
BC First Nations and the Clean Energy Association of BC (CEBC) signed on 24 June 2014 a memorandum of understanding to work together to help develop the clean-energy sector in BC. At CEBC’s annual meeting in Vancouver, 13 First Nations representatives, the First Nations Energy and Mining Council, and CEBC pledged to work together to further mutual interests in BC’s