BC Creek Protection Society

BC South Coast Massive River Diversion Development

MAY 24 - RIVERS AT RISK: RAFE MAIR COMES TO THE SALMON CAPITAL OF THE WORLD TO DISCUSS WITH PUBLIC AND FIRST NATIONS THE THREATS OF PRIVATE RIVER POWER TO THREE MAJOR LOCAL WATERSHEDS (more…)

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Mar 31, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX) - - Plutonic Power Corporation (TSX:PCC) is pleased to announce that it has successfully completed Stages 1 and 2 towards securing a Water License from the Water Stewardship Division (Ministry of the Environment) and Crown Land rights from the Integrated Land Management Bureau (Ministry of Agriculture and Lands) for the development of eleven run-of-river non-storage hydroelectric power projects strategically located within the boundaries of Plutonic Power’s “Green Power Corridor”. (more…)

By Jeannine Mitchell , Nov 29 Georgia Straight Donald McInnes, CEO of Plutonic, has been taken aback by recent criticism of the effects of run-of-river hydroelectricity. (more…)

Full Press Release (PDF)

For Immediate Release: August 13, 2007

Two new reports help answer questions, raise others, on the sustainability of
run-of-river hydropower

Coquitlam, BC –Watershed Watch today released two reports that expose
weaknesses in how government and industry measure, monitor, and minimize the
impacts of “green” hydropower in British Columbia. (more…)

By RUSS FRANCIS

Aug 08 2007

$100,000 later, hydro project pullback raises questions

Just how green is hydroelectric power? As the B.C. government energetically pushes so-called “green power,” there is a widespread belief that hydroelectricity is as environmentally benign as planting a tree. A little water pushes turbines around. No waste products. No pollution. No impact.
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Article in the Vancouver Sun:
Plutonic joins the big players in electricity production

This relates to the planned East Toba and Montrose 200 MW hydro project. It draws the typical image from an economic point of view.

Interesting article in the Watershed Sentinel Article.

short version

long version

I was also happy to read that this was as well posted on the BCSEA List server since this is the first critical statement from their side regarding run of the river projects.