Post by
BayWall on Mar 15, 2024 9:33pm
The larger picture
Offshore is a suitable fit for the local region. Will also reduce the strain on the grid system.
Twinning the transmission line is required. Will act as backup to wind power. My guess is windfarm capacity will continue to increase in the region well into the future.
In the article below the electrified CEDAR LNG project proposal was discussed, but is applicable to other projects also,.
Vancouver Sun. March 14, 2023.
Jens Wieting, forest and climate campaigner for Sierra Club B.C., worries that if Cedar LNG is relying on electricity to reduce its carbon footprint, it will put a strain on the same electrical grid needed to charge the growing number of electric cars, to heat and light buildings and power the growing new clean tech economy.