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Further to my recent post in February about the launch of CleanWorks BC (the new brand and marketing campaign to promote the $100 billion investment opportunity in BC’s clean technology and clean energy sectors), the BC Government announced today that out of the record number of major construction projects proposed in BC, nine of the 10 top-valued projects focus on clean energy.
Among the clean energy projects planned or underway across the province are:
- Rocky Creek Wind Energy Project in Tumbler Ridge – $1.2 billion
- Machmell River Hydropower Project in Campbell River – $900 million
- Metro Vancouver Waste-to-Energy Incineration Facility – $500 million
- Upper Lillooet River Hydroelectric Project in Pemberton – $222 million
- Bronson Slope Hydropower Project in the Stewart Region – $216 million
- Tzoonie River Hydropower Project in Sechelt – $186 million
- Lower Wood River Hydropower Project in Mica – $144 million
- Hurley River Hydroelectric Project in Pemberton – $138 million
- Gun Creek Hydroelectric Project in Pemberton – $108 million
Click here to see the full press release
Related post:
BC Climate & Clean Energy Reception by Cybele Negris
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