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 AuthorJulie 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.
ReviewsNadeau 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 BooksBook InformationISBN 9781771862011
Author Julie BarlowFormat Paperback
Page Count 250
Imprint Baraka BooksPublisher Baraka Books
Weight(grams) 426g