Ultra high voltage direct currentMaybe need this for NW BC area. Can facilitate major green hydrogen, LNG and mine development.
Backup to wind or as a supplement to hydro. But again the cost. and where will BC Hydro get all the power to feed into the line? More suitable as a Trans Canada idea.
The new old school transmission line being planned by BC Hydro from Prince George toTerrace BC, is already insufficient.
I hope Northland will remain to be interested in BC, if only with energy storage development. The corporate strategy of developing profitable offshore windfarms overseas, takes priority however.
Construction of China's ultra-high voltage transmission line begins - CGTN