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I imagine because it is cheaper to produce locally, or Manitoba does not have spare capacity. Why do you think they should import from Manitoba?
by brutusborn 4y ago
I imagine because it is cheaper to produce locally, or Manitoba does not have spare capacity. Why do you think they should import from Manitoba?
- rob74 4y agoIf it's cheaper to build these nuclear reactors as compared to "importing" hydro power from another Canadian province (these comments make it sound like it's another country) remains to be seen. Maybe it even looks that way from current estimates, but from past experience most estimates on the cost of building nuclear power plants are a bit optimistic...
- brutusborn 4y agoThis article suggests nuclear costs will go down as long as regulations are not changed mid-construction, or if grandfathering is allowed. https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/why-are-nuclear-power-construction https://constructionphysics.substack.com/p/why-are-nuclear-p...
- joshlemer 4y agoManitoba exports huge amounts of electricity to Ontario, SK, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and with the new Keeyask dam coming online it'll have capacity for 400,000 new homes. There's also still 1000s of MW of untapped potential in Manitoba, if investments would be made in dams and transmission.
- brutusborn 4y agoThe recent hydro project mentioned in the article is a lot more expensive than the Nuclear Options, although they may have cherry picked their data. It amounts to ~ 2x the cost. "BC Hydro’s 1,100 Mwe Site C dam is expected to cost $16 billion"