Ce projet explorera l’avantage financier relatif associé à l’ajout, au fil du temps, de divers types de sources de génération d’énergie dans le portefeuille énergétique de BC Hydro. L’analyse examinera une gamme de facteurs du risque financier ayant une incidence sur cette évaluation tels que le prix des marchandises, la demande en énergie et les […]

Ce stage contribuera à l’élaboration d’un sondage auprès des employés de plusieurs générations visant le développement du leadership et le réalignement des objectifs de travail. Les premières mesures de base seront fournies par Watson Wyatt qui, depuis 2002, en collaboration avec B.C. Hydro, s’occupe d’élaborer et d’effectuer le sondage annuel auprès des employés, ainsi que […]

Les véhicules hybrides rechargeables sont des automobiles qui peuvent fonctionner à l’électricité, à l’aide de grosses batteries, mais qui sont aussi dotées d’un moteur à combustion interne qui prend le relais pour les longs déplacements. Les batteries sont généralement rechargées depuis une prise de courant standard, ce qui a pour conséquence d’accroître la demande en […]

As glaciers retreat, the reduction in area available for melting ultimately causes declines in summer streamflow. In addition, evaporation from newly formed lakes and evapotranspiration from vegetation establishment on deglaciated areas would act to further reduce summer streamflow. However, these latter processes have received little attention to date. The objective of the project is to […]

The White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) population in the lower Columbia River was listed as endangered under the Species at Risk Act in 2006. Natural recruitment failure has occurred since the 1970s, with regular spawning occurring but insufficient numbers of viable offspring reaching juvenile stage to sustain the population. A recovery strategy has included the establishment […]

This project will investigate the relative financial benefit of adding different types of power generating resources to the BC Hydro energy portfolio over time. The analysis will consider various drivers of financial risk that influence this evaluation such as commodity prices, energy demand, and water inflows. Appropriate measures of risk will be considered to aid […]

This internship will assist in the development of a diverse generational employee survey towards leadership development and workplace goal alignment. Initial baseline measurements will be obtained from Watson Wyatt, who have worked with BC Hydro since 2002 to develop, deliver and analyze the annual employee survey and results. The main objective of the research is […]

Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles are hybrid vehicles with large batteries that are capable of travelling on electricity but still maintain the reliability of an on‐board internal combustion engine for extended trips. The batteries will typically be recharged from a standard household outlet, thus increasing the demand for electricity. It is important to understand and predict […]

The purpose of this project is to a) understand how the objectives set out by the province of British Columbia to plan for and pursue long-term energy efficiency and conservation (EEC) are being coordinated between the BC Hydro, the BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources (MEMPR) and the province’s other key energy stakeholders; […]

The goal of this project is to research and develop a model that is suitable for BC Hydro’s application to predict the sag of a power transmission line from its induced frequency response. Transmission lines always elongate over time due to the temperature of the conductor. The ability to monitor and obtain the shape of […]

Nowadays the most rewarding aspect of engineering is to create solutions to the needs of society in a natural and resource efficient manner, therefore we must come up with more innovative and resource efficient solutions. One such solution can be a novel scalable autonomous energy system, which integrates Organic (polymer) based photovoltaics (OPVs), high density […]

BC Hydro purchases power from four independent wind farms in British Columbia to supplement their hydropower. But wind is not steady, so BC Hydro must compensate for shortfalls or excesses in wind power to provide steady, reliable, economical power to its customers. To achieve this reliability, BC Hydro uses wind forecasts provided by the University […]