Hydro-Quebec manages one of the largest power grids on the continent. It is among the most profitable, the least expensive and the greenest. With a stunning renewable energy rate of 99.8 percent, Quebec has two-generation advance on places like California and Ontario. Combining a reporters' style with thought, philosophy and a touch of humour, Jean-Benoit Nadeau and Julie Barlow look into Hydro-Quebec's future - with an eye also on the past - as the public utility marks the 75th anniversary of its founding. The future is now and it is electric. It spans widely diverse fields such as big data aggregation centres, exports to the United States, acquisitions in Mexico, Chinese buses, mega-batteries, bitcoins, charging stations and much more.Between now and Hydro-Quebec's 100th anniversary, the challenges will be vast. As our habits and expectations change radically everything will be on the table, from solar panels to rates, from remote heating control to underground power lines, and from the environment to relations with the indigenous peoples.

About the Author
Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau are award-winning authors and journalists who publish in English and French. They co-authored the bestselling Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong as well The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed, The Story of Spanish and The Story of French. Both contribute regularly to leading English and French newspapers and magazines including The Globe and Mail, the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, L'actualite and Le Devoir.

Reviews
Nadeau and Barlow deftly combine firsthand observation, interview excerpts, and archival data in their text and provide accompanying diagrams, graphs, maps, and photos.... Engaging." -Louise Abbott, Montreal Review of Books



Book Information
ISBN 9781771862011
Author Julie Barlow
Format Paperback
Page Count 250
Imprint Baraka Books
Publisher Baraka Books
Weight(grams) 426g