Zusammenfassung der Ressource
CANADA'S ENERGY
- ENERGY USE
- commercial (13%)
- residental (17%)
- agriculture (2%)
- transportation (29%)
- industrial (39%)
- ENERGY SUPPLY
- gas (29.4%)
- HEP (11.8%)
- nuclear (10.8%)
- coal (10.8%)
- other (2.9%)
- oil (34.3%)
- ELECTRICITY SUPPLY
- HEP (60%)
- fossil fuels (26%)
- nuclear (13%)
- alternative (1%)
- ENERGY SOURCES
- hydroelectric power
- building HEP plants on fast flowing rivers
- Fraser River,
British Columbia
- La Grande River on James Bay,
Quebec
- fossil fuels
- location
- Alberta
- large oil & gas resources
- transported by pipeline to the east
of the country (biggest demand)
- far north
- coast of Newfoundland
- newer oil & gas rigs
- have to withstand the impacts of icebergs (that
regularly travel along this part of the coast)
- most of canada's coal
is exported
- 87% of the rest used for
electricity generation
- alternative energy resources
- opinions
- government and public
- much support to increase more envionmentally
friendly forms of power generation
- tidal power
- power station in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia
- largest tidal range in the world
- produces enough electricity
each year for 4000 homes
- wind power
- early stages of
development
- wave power
- several cities along the coast of north
vancouver: indentified as being suitable
- nuclear power
- 22 nuclear power stations
- most of them in Ontario
- safety problems
- several older stations have been shut down
- many reactors urgently need upgrading
- production has fallen by a third since
1994 (decline is likely to continue)