This assigment is due by 8 pm, Monday February 9

1. Glen Canyon dam has an annual output of approximately 5 billion KWHs. As stated in the first assignment, Coal Fired electricy is rated at 450,000 MW.
   a) How many Glen Canyon dams would need to be built to replace all of this coal fired electricity?

   b) How much total land area would be innundated by these dams?

   • assume a flow rate of 500 cubic meters per second for Glen Canyon dam and convert that to cubic meters per year
   • Surface area = Volume/Depth
   • The depth of lake powell behind Glen Canyon Dam is 40 meters

   c) Find out which US states have an equivalent surface area.

2. All About Canada:

   Part A: Canada's hydropower:

   From various sources/research determine and document how much potential new hydropower (in units of MegaWatts) could be tapped in Canada and delivered to US to replace some of our Coal fired electricity? Of this potential, how much lies in British Columbia alone and what are the major rivers as well as potential sites on the those rivers for new hydroelectric facilities.

   Part B: Canada's Oil Sands:

   The Athabasca Tar Sands are potentially a large source of crude oil. Yet there is considerable controversy on what the total yield might be or what the production rate (in terms of millions of barrels of oil per day MBD) might be. Again, do some research (you will find highly variable opinions/information) and attempt to determine coherent anwsers to the following questions:
   • At what price of a barrel of crude oil does the harvesting of oil sands make economic sense? (note: prior to 2008 there had been significant cut back of future harvesting plans due to disfavorable economics)

   • Assuming that future mining does occur, what is the probably production rate (in MBD) and delivery rate projecte to be in the year 2020. That is, what percentage of the world market might this serve at this time perio (2020-2025).?