Canada Had Designs on Being a Hydro Superpower. Now Its Rivers and Lakes Are Drying Up
About 70% of the country is suffering from abnormally dry or drought conditions, forcing it to start up old gas-fired power plants
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The Canadian province of Quebec has big plans of becoming the “battery of the U.S. northeast” by feeding power generated from its dams and other hydro plants to millions of people in Vermont, Massachusetts and New York state. But dry conditions that have affected energy output worldwide are forcing one of the world’s largest hydropower producers to cut exports.
“There wasn’t enough snow or rain in the regions where we needed it,” said Michael Sabia, chief executive of Hydro‑Québec, the provincial utility. “We can’t make it rain, as much as we’d like to. ---More...
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