Site C Clean Energy Project
A major infrastructural project currently being constructed on
Peace River in British Columbia, Canada, the Site C Dam (also referred to as
Site C Clean Energy Project) is expected to cost around “$8.3 billion. Designs
call for an estimated capacity of approximately 1,100 MW and an annual output
of 5,100 GWh of electricity” (Wikipedia).
There will be a drastic impact on the businesses and commerce
underway in the region and will also increase employment there, especially in
contracts, engineering, service, maintenance, machinery, equipment etc. It will
serve more than 500,000 homes and expected to power nearby industries for at
least 100 years. It is also expected to export power to US. Though there was
stiff opposition to it as it would require take-over of fertile agricultural land
and global warming,
