/channels/taxonomy/term/5437/all en /channels/channels/news/expert-concerns-over-canadas-hydro-capacity-357617 <p>Lower-than-normal rain and snow have reduced Canada’s hydropower production, raising worries in the industry about the effects of climate change. In March, U.S. electricity exports to Canada reached their highest level since at least 2010. The increasing flow of power north is part of a worrying trend for North America. (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/03/business/energy-environment/canada-hydropower-electric-grids.html?unlocked_article_code=1.w00.UEkJ.J6oZbriL3GBz&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&u2g=i&sgrp=c-cb">New York Times</a>)</p> Wed, 05 Jun 2024 20:13:53 +0000 webfull 200395 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-millions-texans-are-still-without-power-winter-storms-continue-328706 <p>A rare deep freeze in Texas that raised demand for power forced the U.S. state's electric grid operator on Monday to impose rotating blackouts that left nearly three million customers without electricity. The cold snap sweeping Texas reached the northern part of neighboring Mexico as well, where authorities said 4.7 million users lost power early on Monday, February 15. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/texas-winter-storm-power-outages-1.5914371" target="_blank">CBC News</a>)</p> <p>Here is an expert from ���ϲʿ������ who can provide comment on this issue:</p> Fri, 19 Feb 2021 18:51:48 +0000 webfull 168026 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-hydro-quebecs-northern-pass-electricity-project-rejected-new-hampshire-284430 <div>“Regulators in the state of New Hampshire have rejected a major electricity project being piloted by Quebec's hydro utility and its American partner, Eversource.” (<a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/northern-pass-hydro-project-rejected-1.4515681" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CBC</a>)</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <div><a href="/ece/francois-bouffard" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>François Bouffard</strong></a><strong>, Electrical and Computer Engineering, ���ϲʿ������</strong></div> <div> </div> </div> Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:44:50 +0000 webfull 134714 at /channels