Woodfibre LNG announced Tuesday it will use electricity to power cooling compressors for its proposed $1.6 billion liquefied natural gas plant near Squamish.
The use of BC Hydro electricity, instead of natural gas, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent as well as other smog pollutants, according to the company, a subsidiary of Indonesian billionaire Sukanto Tanoto’s company Royal Golden Eagle.
Although electricity is more expensive than gas, the decision was a direct response to public concerns, said Woodfibre LNG vice-president corporate affairs Byng Giraud.
GORDON HOEKSTRA -VANCOUVER SUN Â – MAY 13, 2014.
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