New Economy Canada Welcomes Federal Clean Energy Investment

$70B Labrador energy buildout opens major heavy-civil pipeline

Federal backing for Churchill Falls, Gull Island and transmission infrastructure could create decades of work across hydro, transmission, roads, mining and enabling infrastructure in Labrador. The Labrador West transmission study includes geotechnical investigations and front-end engineering for infrastructure intended to electrify existing mining operations and enable future development. Image courtesy of Newfoundland & Labrador Hydro. The fede…

New Economy Canada Welcomes Federal Clean Energy Investment

VICTORIA — The agreement to upgrade and expand the Churchill Falls Generating Station and develop the Gull Island project and related transmission — supported by $10 billion in federal financing — reportedly demonstrates how cooperative federalism can improve Canada’s national electricity strategy, according to New Economy Canada in a press release. The Labrador Trough Clean Power, Critical Minerals and Infrastructure Corridor referral to the Ma…

Feds launch $70B clean energy initiative—largest in North American history

The Government of Canada has announced a historic agreement to upgrade and expand the Churchill Falls Generating Station and develop the Gull Island project and related transmission—building one of the largest electricity projects in North America. “Canada is extending its unique advantage in clean, reliable, and affordable power. Because when we master energy, we master our destiny,” said Prime Minister Mark Carney. “Through cooperative federal…