One thing that I think is pertinent was not mentioned in the article about clean energy (Monitor, 5/4). The hydropower transmission line in Maine, New England Clean Energy Connect, will be bringing power to the US from Hydro Quebec. The power.
Thu May 06, 2021 - Northeast Edition #10
Lori Tobias â CEG Correspondent
The project includes 53 mi. of new transmission corridor from West Forks, Maine, to Canada.
Work on a $950 million project to bring clean energy to New England began three months ago and crews have already set a handful of the nearly 1,000 structures involved.
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New England Clean Energy Connect (NECEC) project runs 145 mi. from Maine to Canada and is expected to reduce carbon emissions in Maine and New England by 3.6 million metric tons annually as hydropower replaces fossil fuels to provide power to homes across the region.
Thorn Dickinson, president and CEO of NECEC Transmission, has been envisioning the day for at least a decade.
Maine Compass: Anti-hydro is bad science, and won’t address climate change
The assertion that Canadian hydropower reservoir emissions are comparable to fossil fuel is false, writes a former PUC commissioner and an analyst for Hydro-Quebec.
By Tom Welch and Alain Tremblay
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The New England Clean Energy Connect will deliver renewable electricity to Maine and New England from Hydro-Québec (HQ); it will reduce climate emissions; it will substantially benefit Maine’s economy; it will conform to rigorous environmental standards. These are conclusions from exhaustive scientific study and exhaustive review by objective institutions tasked with safeguarding the public interest.
Additional projects, including the approved $1 billion Gemini solar and battery storage project about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Las Vegas, have sparked debate about whether they are simply too big.
In Maine, a $1 billion hydropower electricity transmission corridor called the New England Clean Energy Connect would cut through sparsely populated western woods where moose reign as the state’s iconic creatures. Environmental groups disagree about whether the 145-mile (233 kilometer) corridor comes at too high a cost in loss of trees and wildlife habitat.
This Aug. 13, 2014, file photo, shows an array of mirrors at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating site in Primm, Nev. Some projects, including the approved $1 billion Gemini solar and battery storage project about 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas, have sparked debate about whether they are simply too big. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)