Geothermal ^^not getting any love^^
- Canada^^s obsession with clean coal and carbon capture technologies has left it blind to the vast potential of its own geothermal resources, says the head of one of the country^^s few publicly traded developers of geothermal power.
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Manitoba's electrical demand could double in next 20 years: report
WINNIPEG - Electrical demand in Manitoba could more than double in the next 20 years, according to a new report from Manitoba Hydro.
On Tuesday, the Crown corporation released its first-ever Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which not only predicts a significant increase in electrical demand, but also that new sources of energy could be needed in the next decade.
“Right now, what [our customers] are telling us, with the climate change objectives, with federal policy, provincial policies, is they see using electricity much more in the future than they do today,” said president and CEO of Manitoba Hydro Jay Grewal.
“And our current,…
