Running the dishwasher at night and turning down the heat at home may soon be part of your daily life. Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon is considering all avenues for Quebec to save energy and is also considering installing wind turbines in the far north.
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A shortage of electricity is looming. To meet this challenge, the Energy Minister is aiming above all at “energy sobriety”. A bill to that effect will be presented in 2023, he revealed on Friday.
“We are not sober in our consumption, he pleaded. We consumers too may need to change our habits”.
According to Mr. Fitgibbon, we “definitely” need to look at dynamic pricing, which predicts that electricity costs more during peak periods.
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The same goes for bottom heating in homes. “I lived in China, and I can tell you that we arrived at the houses in the evening and it was cold, she insisted at the press conference. We have to think about it and we are working on this with Hydro-Québec, they are experts anyway”.
And before building new dams, Quebec must rely on wind power to boost its energy production. “We can do so much more, it brags a lot in certain places in Quebec,” she said.
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The minister takes Denmark as an example, which gets half of its energy from wind power. “Everything is in the north (of the country), and the world is in the south. They have a big tube that goes and connects it. You will have to start watching it. Can we build massive wind projects in places where it will be socially acceptable?
Pierre Fitzgibbon even suggests that we may ultimately not need new dams if we rely more on the wind. “Wind power, if we put (for example) 10 MegaWatts in the North, we don’t need dams”.
Not to mention that our current hydroelectric plants are old and could be improved. The Minister argued that there are now new and more efficient turbines.
