Opinion: Eby needs to light a large fire under B.C. Hydro if he expects LNG plants to achieve their promises of net zero carbon emissions
Together the foregoing, including the two phases of LNG Canada, would produce almost 50 million tonnes of LNG for export a year if and when they are operational. That would still be only a fraction of the combined output of the terminals in Louisiana, which started LNG development at about the same time as Christy Clark began talking about the prospects in 2011.
Among the conditions in the Squamish-led approval process “was the commitment for electric compressors using renewable hydroelectricity from B.C. Hydro, resulting in 14 times fewer emissions than a conventional LNG facility,” the company noted. Eby added a wrinkle last week when he announced that the second phase would nevertheless be captured by a new cap on oil and natural gas emissions, now under development by the province.
“We’re working collaboratively with governments, B.C. Hydro and others to assess the cost and the investments required for putting that infrastructure in place in a timely manner. This approach also needs to be integrated with broader challenges such as LNG Canada’s overall cost competitiveness.”
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