Enmax - Willing To Screw The Bow For Money

[kungfool]

Anyone here about this yet?

 

Power plant proposal questioned

Gwendolyn Richards, Calgary Herald

 

Published: Thursday, April 17, 2008

 

The proposed water source for a natural-gas-fired electricity generating facility to be built in Shepard Industrial park sparked concerns during a public meeting Wednesday night.More than 100 people showed up to hear Enmax officials talk about the proposed $1-billion-plus plant, which is still in the early planning stages. Dwight Coopersmith asked how the city-owned company could use water from the Bow for the 1,000-megawatt plant when there is a moratorium on water permits from the river.

 

Enmax spokesman Peter Hunt said the company is looking at using water discharged from treatment plants rather than fresh water in their facility, calling it "a good example of recycling."The city does not include water going back into the Bow River when it calculates water permits, so any water returned to the Bow is a "bonus," Hunt said.Coopersmith called the move a "loophole" that needs to be closed, saying water from the treatment plants goes back into the river and downstream to other communities that need it. Tom Lipp questioned why Enmax is not looking at other locations."They're locating a major industrial site far too close to residential areas," he said. "It's not like Alberta is short on land. "He questioned how the energy company planned to build trust with area residents since there is no plan to consider another location.

 

Hunt said the planning is still in the preliminary stages and must go through formal regulatory processes with the city and the province before Enmax can move ahead on the location.He said there will be more time for public input and debate. "This is just the start," he said.

[maxwell]

sounds nutty dude.. hope she dont go through.. taking that water frmo the bow will f*ck it up major... keep us posted dude

[alhuger]

This stupidity is not limited to Alberta regrettably:

 

http://ourrivers.ca/content/view/118/38/

[Nick0Danger]

Its still in early proposal stage, Air cooling is also being looked at.

[mudkid]

We need to keep a very keen eye on this one.

Sooner than later Blink and it will be here for the long run.

Good for you bringing up the issue.

Anyone here about this yet?

 

Power plant proposal questioned

Gwendolyn Richards, Calgary Herald

 

Published: Thursday, April 17, 2008

 

The proposed water source for a natural-gas-fired electricity generating facility to be built in Shepard Industrial park sparked concerns during a public meeting Wednesday night.More than 100 people showed up to hear Enmax officials talk about the proposed $1-billion-plus plant, which is still in the early planning stages. Dwight Coopersmith asked how the city-owned company could use water from the Bow for the 1,000-megawatt plant when there is a moratorium on water permits from the river.

 

Enmax spokesman Peter Hunt said the company is looking at using water discharged from treatment plants rather than fresh water in their facility, calling it "a good example of recycling."The city does not include water going back into the Bow River when it calculates water permits, so any water returned to the Bow is a "bonus," Hunt said.Coopersmith called the move a "loophole" that needs to be closed, saying water from the treatment plants goes back into the river and downstream to other communities that need it. Tom Lipp questioned why Enmax is not looking at other locations."They're locating a major industrial site far too close to residential areas," he said. "It's not like Alberta is short on land. "He questioned how the energy company planned to build trust with area residents since there is no plan to consider another location.

 

Hunt said the planning is still in the preliminary stages and must go through formal regulatory processes with the city and the province before Enmax can move ahead on the location.He said there will be more time for public input and debate. "This is just the start," he said.

[Weedy1]

The plant will be built or else your lights go out. It's approved by the city that owns Enmax - Calgary. I would count on this projct being built in the Shepard Industrial park almost immediately. Anybody see any construction out that way yet?

 

The carbon dioxide emissions will be half of a similar-sized coal-fired plant. Keep it green now boys.

 

From: http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN2146110220080221

 

Enmax says Calgary approves C$1.6 bln power plants

 

CALGARY, Alberta, Feb 21 (Reuters) - Enmax Corp, a utility owned by the city of Calgary, said on Thursday the city has approved its C$1.6 billion ($1.6 billion) plan to build two power plants capable of supplying more than two-thirds of the electricity needed by the city of 1 million.

 

Enmax said the city cleared its proposal to build a 1,000 megawatt facility powered by natural gas or gasified coal that should be completed in 2011.

 

Also planned is a 120 megawatt plant to meet peak demand, also natural-gas fired, that is slated to be operating by the middle of next year.

 

Power supplies for the rapidly growing city -- the center of Canada's booming energy industry -- have been strained by inadequate transmission capacity. A new line to bring electricity from big generating plants in northern Alberta has been proposed, but the project is mired in a regulatory dispute.

 

"As Calgary's electricity demand continues to grow we need to build cleaner generation facilities that are better for the environment and closer to the city," Gary Holden, Enmax's chief executive, said in a statement.

 

Enmax has been moving to lock in electricity supplies for Calgary. It said on Tuesday it agreed to buy junior gas producer Cordero Energy Inc (COR.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) for about C$160 million to secure fuel supply for a plant that generates power for the Western Canadian city.

 

($1=$1.01 Canadian) (Reporting by Scott Haggett; Editing by Rob Wilson)