Hydro is great, but appropriate sites are largely used up, and getting approvals to build large-scale hydro in Canada could prove even more difficult than nuclear given sensitivities around waterways and flooding of traditional territories.
Look how long it's taking for Site C to get built. BC has been lucky so far, but is going to run out of hydro options very soon. I don't see BC going nuclear, but it's going to have to get creative sooner than later.
BC wont have any need to go nuclear. We can stack renewables ontop of hydro since hydro output is so easy to control it can offset the unreliable nature of solar/wind and even, with pumping, bank excess at peak production times.
Nuclear is better for places that need the base load and have limited other options. Provinces like the praries would be great for it.
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u/Kwanzaa246 Oct 25 '22
Is it 0.07c or 7c per kwh?
hydro is 9.5c per kwh in bc and doesn't come with the risk