The Canyon Creek Pumped Hydro Energy Storage Project, located 13 kms from Hinton, will feature a 30-acre upper reservoir and four-acre lower reservoir and will have a power generation capacity of 75 MW, providing up to 37 hours of on-demand, flexible, clean energy and ancillary services to the Alberta electricity grid.

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Given the prominence of beef in our diets and cultures, humankind probably won’t curb its consumption anytime soon in a way that results in a major drop in methane emissions. However, there are some creative and productive solutions for mitigating the environmental impact of cattle. One involves harnessing their prodigious digestive systems to turn out another source of energy—a source capable of supplying millions of cubic feet per day of natural gas to vehicles, homes, and businesses, not unlike a gas field trapped deep beneath the Earth’s surface.