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| Huge green power reserves can fuel jobs and economy British Columbia has huge reserves of green power that could stimulate enormous economic development and employment opportunity, with as many as 400,000 new jobs over 25 years, and establish BC as a leader in renewable energy, according to a report released by the BC Sustainable Energy Association. Tallying the province’s green energy potential from wind, solar, tidal, geothermal and other technologies, combined with energy-savings from efficiency measures, would produce 84,000 gigawatt hours a year. This is 50% more than BC Hydro’s current total generation and enough power for 8.4 million homes. The BCSEA report identifies tidal energy as BC’s largest long-term source of potential power: 13,000 GWh/yr. A further 12,500 GWh /yr could be freed up by 2025 by saving electricity currently used wastefully. BC also has the potential for 11,000 GWh a year of wind energy. Full- and part-time jobs created over the 25-year period total 413,000 jobs, including installation of solar PV roof systems and retrofitting homes and businesses to double their energy efficiency. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Construction News :: home page |