F. Pierre Gingras, specialist in industrial engineering and associate researcher at the MEI, proposes seven hydroelectric projects with an interesting economic potential (taking leisure, tourism and real estate aspects into account) and a minimum impact on the environment in Outaouais, Mauricie, Lac-St-Jean et du Saguenay, Laurentides, and near Drummondville.
or example, Gingras notes that the dikes of the Montreal region's first hydroelectric power plant are still in place in the Lachine Rapids. It would be possible for the private sector to rearrange and properly secure the premises and install three or four new turbine generator groups for 45 to 60MW of power. The project would enhance the shoreline of the LaSalle sector, says Gingras.
The Economic Note, entitled The Neglected Potential of Medium Scale Hydroelectric Projects, can be consulted free of charge on the MEI website at http://www.iedm.org.
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