Ontario Energy Minister Dwight Duncan last Wednesday said that the Ontario government has submitted a joint proposal with Hydro-Quebec and SNC-Lavalin to support Newfoundland and Labrador in the development of a major hydroelectric generation project at the Lower Churchill River in Labrador. The proposed project would yield 2,824 MW of sustainable electricity.
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Trinidad’s Energy Minister Eric Williams told Reuters New Service this week that Trinidad and Tobago is considering investing in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in the United States. He did not say whether an existing or proposed terminal was being considered. Trinidad is the largest supplier of LNG to the United States. The Atlantic LNG joint venture, which includes The National Gas Company of Trinidad, BP, BG Group, Repsol and Tractebel, currently has three LNG supply trains operating and a fourth under construction. Trinidad and Tobago produces about 2.8 Bcf/d currently, and the government expects output to rise to about 3 Bcf/d by the end of the year.
Massive Blackout Seen as Preventable if Reliability Standards Were Followed
Herb Dhaliwal, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, last week said that the calamitous Aug. 14 blackout that cut through large swaths of the United States and Canada could have been prevented if electric utilities and grid operators in the U.S. had adhered to voluntary reliability standards set by the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC).