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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Susan Haigh and Wilson Ring

Bottomless supply? Concerns of limited Canadian hydropower as U.S. seeks to decarbonize grid

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Policymakers seeking to make the U.S. electric grid less reliant on fossil fuels have long looked north to Canada and its abundant surplus of hydropower, advocating for new transmission lines to bring more of that cheap, clean electricity south.

But with demand for green energy growing north of the border, too, there are new concerns that Canada's hydro supply isn't as bottomless as it once seemed.

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