What is the pros of James bay hydroelectric project?

Answer 1

Hydro

• Hydroelectric power supplies 20 percent of the world's electricity.
• The potential for hydropower exists in 150 countries around the world.
• Norway produces more than 99 percent of its electricity with hydropower.
• Canada has two of the six largest hydroelectric power stations in the world.
• Canada has the largest hydroelectric capacity in the world.
• There are currently nearly 70,000 megawatts of hydro generating capacity installed in Canada.
• Hydropower does not produce greenhouse gases or other air pollution.
• Hydropower accounts for 97 percent of electricity generated by renewable sources.
• There are many forms of water power, such as hydroelectric, tidal, wave, tidal stream and ocean thermal energy conversion.
• Hydropower is capable of converting 90 percent of available energy into electricity.