MIT Professor: Natural Gas Prices Not Likely To Make Hydro-Quebec Reconsider...
The extremely low prices for natural gas which can be used to generate electricity - have some opponents of Northern Pass wondering whether Hydro-Quebec might reconsider the project. But a professor at...
View ArticleProtesters Gather At N.E. Governors And Eastern Canadian Premiers Conference
Protesters gathered in Burlington Sunday to denounce the energy-focused agenda of the 36th annual meeting of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian premiers.
View ArticleForest Society Says It Has Deal To Block Northern Pass - But Wants To Raise...
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests says it has reached deals with several land owners in Coos it believes will block the Northern Pass hydro-electric project. But Northern Pass...
View ArticleA Holiday Weekend Includes Protests Against Northern Pass
In between the picnics and end-of-summer festivities a series of protests against the Northern Pass hydro-electric project were held throughout the state during the holiday. NHPR’s Chris Jensen...
View ArticleHead of Sierra Club Canada Says Hydro-Quebec Power Isn't Green
The head of Sierra Club Canada says Hydro-Quebec power can’t be considered green. He was in Plymouth Tuesday night. NHPR’s Chris Jensen was there and has this report. John Bennett is the executive...
View ArticleHassan Signs Bill To Study Site Evaluation Committee
Gov. Maggie Hassan has signed Senate Bill 99, which calls for a study of the state’s important Site Evaluation Committee’s “organization, structure and process.” The committee reviews major utility...
View ArticleNorthern Pass' New Route Hangs On Eight Miles of Country Roads
After a series of delays PSNH has announced a new route for its Northern Pass project. The route follows a more easterly path than the original 2010 route and it includes nearly eight miles of...
View ArticleBeyond Northern Pass: Where New England Will Get Its Power Remains Uncertain
Third in a three part series. Whether or not the Northern Pass transmission line gets the state and federal permits it’s looking for, HydroQuebec is poised to send ever more of its hydro-power south....
View ArticleShould Canadian Hydro-Power Count Towards N.H. Renewable Energy Goals?
State lawmakers are being asked to decide if hydro-power from Canada should be eligible for renewable energy subsidies. The proposal was one of two presented by Republican David Murotake of Nashua that...
View ArticleSununu Visits Montreal to Talk International Trade and Northern Pass
During a previously unannounced trade mission to Montreal, Governor Chris Sununu spoke warmly on Monday about hundreds of years of economic ties between Quebec and New Hampshire.
View ArticleWith New Project, National Grid Puts Forward Possible Alternative to Northern...
Utility company National Grid says it wants to build a new transmission line that would bring 1,200 megawatts of renewable power from Canada into New England. The major new project would take a...
View ArticleNorthern Pass Spokesman Says 'End in Sight,' As SEC Pushes Back Decision
The state committee reviewing Northern Pass has pushed back its deadline to make a decision, but a spokesman for the hydro-electric transmission project tells NHPR, “the end is in sight.” “To use an...
View ArticlePowerline: How Hydro-Québec Helped Shape Canadian Energy and Cultural History
Sam Evans-Brown, host of Outside/In, the NHPR podcast about the natural world and how we use it, discusses the podcast's latest series, Powerline. We hear about how the development of the world's...
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