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New England and upstate NY don't generate nearly enough power for their own needs and buy excess power from Ontario and Quebec. Quebec in particular as Hydro Qu
by theluketaylor 4y ago
New England and upstate NY don't generate nearly enough power for their own needs and buy excess power from Ontario and Quebec. Quebec in particular as Hydro Quebec has a terrifying amount of hydro generation and always has tons of excess. A big chunk of the clean energy in the northeast US comes from Canada.
Super cool tool that shows the CO2 intensity of various grids and where power is flowing:
https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-NE-ISNE https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/US-NE-ISNE
- dont__panic 4y agoVery cool site, thanks for linking. Does most of Quebec's hydro power come from dams on the St. Lawrence river? (this would make sense to me, considering the St. Lawrence is the outlet for the largest reservoir of fresh water in the entire world) Or is there another source I'm not thinking of?
- theluketaylor 4y agoTons of their dams are in northern Quebec in the middle of nowhere. People who have never been to the Canadian Shield have a tough time imagining just how many rivers and lakes there are. It’s basically endless.