There’s no shortage of renewable energy proposals in Canada. Utility BC
Hydro said this week it received 68 proposals from 43 bidders following
its June 2008 call for clean energy projects.
The bids, which include 19 wind projects, represent a total energy
output of about 17,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) a year, more than three
times the 5,000 GWh the utility is looking to buy.
The bids also included 45 hydro projects, 2 waste heat projects, 1 biogas project, and 1 biomass project.
BC Hydro did not say when further project selections would be made,
although it did announce the selection of four proposals submitted in
phase one of a separate call for bio-energy projects.
The chosen projects will use forest-based biomass, including
sawmill residue, logging debris, trees killed by mountain pine beetle,
and other residual wood, to generate electricity. The four projects
will generate a combined total of 579 GWh of electricity annually, or
enough to power more than 52,000 homes.
The selected proposals were submitted as part of a competitive
process and are from Canfor Pulp Ltd. Partnership’s PGP Bio Energy
Project in Prince George, PG Interior Waste to Energy Ltd.’s proposal
also in Prince George, Domtar Pulp and Paper Products’ Kamloops Green
Energy Project in Kamloops, and Zellstoff Celgar Ltd. Partnership’s
Celgar Green Energy Project in Castlegar.
"BC Hydro is pleased that industries are taking the initiative
to provide an innovative source of made-in-B.C. electricity, utilizing
a carbon-neutral fuel," said Bev Van Ruyven, BC Hydro Executive Vice
President, Customer Care and Conservation.
Earlier this month, the Tennessee Valley Authority, which is the largest public utility in the U.S., announced a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 2,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable power generation.
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