麝鼠瀑布水电项目：加拿大纽芬兰与拉布拉多省济困境缩影.pdfVIP

ThemoralofMuskratFalls

AdodgydaminCanada’seast

NewfoundlandandLabradorhasahistoryofbackingill-conceivedprojects

Printedition|TheAmericas

Aug19th2017|STJOHN’S

ALOTdependsontheconvoysoflorriesnowrumblingthroughtherugged

interiorofLabradorineasternCanada.Theyarecarryingequipmenttobe

installedatMuskratFalls,ahydroelectricprojectontheChurchillRiver.The

824MWdam,scheduledtobeginoperationin2020,issupposedtoreduce

NewfoundlandandLabrador’sdependenceonfossilfuelsandproduce

surpluspowerforsaletoneighbouringNovaScotia.Butitisshapinguptobe

thelatestinalongseriesoffailedschemestoimprovetheeconomyof

Canada’sslowest-growingprovince.

InJunetheprovincialgovernmentrevealedthattheproject,includinga

transmissionlinetoNewfoundland,wouldcostC$12.7bn($10bn)tobuild,

morethandoubletheoriginalestimateofC$5bn.Topayforthat,electricity

麝鼠瀑布的寓意

东部一座东部一座的大坝的大坝

纽芬兰省nd和拉布拉多有支持考虑不周的项目的

印刷版|美洲8月19日

2017|STJOHN’S

这在很大程度上取决于卡车车队现在隆隆驶过东部拉布拉多崎岖

的内陆地区。他们正在运送要安装在丘吉尔河上的水力发电项目麝鼠瀑

布的设备。这座824兆瓦的大坝计划于2020年开始运营，旨在减少纽

芬兰和拉布拉多省对化石的依赖，并产生剩余电力给邻近的新

斯科舍省。但这将成为一系列旨在改善增长最慢省份经济

计划中的一个。

6月，省透露，该项目（包括一条通往纽芬兰的输电线路）的建设成本将达127亿

加元（100亿），是最初估计的50亿加元的两倍多。为了支付这个费用，电费

rateswillnearlydoubleto23.3centsperkilowatthourby2022,twicewhat

Canadiansnowpayonaverage.Indigenousgroupsthatlivenearthedam,

andotherpeopledownstream,worrythatrottingvegetationinthereservoir

willreleasemercuryandthattheconstructionconvoyswilldamageroads.

ThreeInuiterswerearrestedinJulyforblockingthelorries.

EversinceNewfoundlandandLab