Publication: Cedar LNG determination anticipated quickly

Our publication of 08 December 2022

Cedar LNG determination anticipated quickly

Crystal Smith, the Haisla Nation’s elected chief councillor, informed a Higher Vancouver Board of Commerce discussion board on power that she has excessive hopes for a inexperienced mild from governments on the nation’s deliberate Cedar LNG challenge.

“I hope, once I return to subsequent yr’s power discussion board, we’re sharing the information that we have now achieved a good monetary funding determination on one of many world’s first indigenous majority owned LNG infrastructure tasks.”

Enterprise in Vancouver informed its readers: “Whether or not or not Cedar LNG – the primary LNG challenge to have a First Nation as a majority proprietor — will get the inexperienced mild is now within the fingers of provincial setting and power ministers and a former member of Greenpeace – federal Surroundings Minister Steven Guilbeault.

“Their selections on Cedar LNG are anticipated by the top of December.”

The newspaper famous that Cedar LNG has made it by the analysis technique of the BC Environmental Evaluation Workplace.

The BCEAO has dominated that Cedar LNG “wouldn’t have vital adversarial results on GHG emissions,” and “might have a constructive impression on GHG emissions globally,” by changing coal to supply energy abroad.”

And the company additionally says: “Cedar LNG’s key mitigation measure to make use of B.C. Hydro’s clear grid electrical energy gives vital GHG emissions reductions and will supply additional reductions as renewable electrical energy expands.”

Clear electrical energy for BC LNG vegetation

The promise and prospect of utilizing BC Hydro’s clear electrical energy for LNG tasks similar to Cedar LNG is driving a large proposed growth of Hydro’s transmission traces in northern BC.

The Smithers Inside Information quoted Hydro: “The transmission system that provides electrical energy within the area is proscribed and system upgrades, together with new transmission traces, are wanted to satisfy present and future buyer demand and reliability necessities.”
The story added: “The total extent of the work contemplated would rival its final multi-year growth within the northwest, the 344-kilometre lengthy, 287-kilovolt Northwest Transmission Line which runs north from Terrace.”

Cedar LNG isn’t the one proposed northern LNG plant that may want clear energy from BC Hydro. One other is the Ksi Lisims LNG challenge proposed by the Nisga’a Nation, which says will probably be ‘fuelled by clear British Columbia hydropower.”

LNG Canada’s Section One challenge at Kitimat was designed with generators powered by pure fuel, however the potential Section 2 growth (which is beneath energetic consideration) is eyeing electrical drives.

The small-scale Port Edward LNG challenge close to Prince Rupert says will probably be “completely electrically pushed.”
And, on Howe Sound within the south of BC, Woodfibre LNG will even be “powered by renewable hydroelectricity.”

One in every of a number of photo voltaic arrays on the T’Sou-ke Nation on Vancouver Island

First Nations leaders in clear power

Whereas two main LNG tasks led by First Nations plan to make use of clear hydropower, there are a lot of extra examples of First Nations in BC (and elsewhere in Canada) taking the lead on clear and inexperienced tasks.

We checked out just a few in our final weblog, masking tasks involving hydroelectricity, photo voltaic, windpower, biomass, hydrogen and geothermal power.

And we wrote: “The Pembina Institute . . . famous in a report earlier this yr: ‘First Nations have performed an important position in Canada’s clean-energy financial system for many years.

“In British Columbia alone, First Nations personal, function or co-partner 79 grid-tied renewable power tasks. Mixed, these tasks ship 13% of B.C.’s electrical energy.”

And: “First Nations have invested tens of millions of {dollars} in renewable power tasks, attracting capital independently and thru partnerships with Impartial Energy Producer (IPP) corporations.”

Amongst them, we famous, are 68 run-of-river hydro tasks in BC. One pioneer instance is from the Hupucasath Nation on Vancouver Island, which constructed its China Creek hydro challenge in 2005.

And in photo voltaic power,  the T’Sou-ke Nation put in solar energy programs and photo voltaic sizzling water programs in 2009.

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January

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April

• The First Nation’s Main Tasks Coalition’s Values Pushed Economic system Convention, April 24-25, Vancouver. Early-bird low cost ends Dec. 15. http://ow.ly/aKUX50KKKnh

Could

• Canada Gasoline and LNG Exhibition and Convention, Could September 11, Vancouver: http://ow.ly/YxcZ50LjFM1
• The Ahead Summit 2023, Could 17-18, Gray Eagle Resort & On line casino close to Calgary. Registration: http://ow.ly/Q8ZV50K7FYb (Notice that there’s an Indigenous low cost.)

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2024

• The Worldwide Gasoline Analysis Convention, Could 13-16. Our Karen Ogen-Toews is on the nationwide organizing committee. Convention web site: https://igrc2024.org/

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(Posted right here 12 December 2022)