Keeyask is one of three major hydropower projects under construction in Canada—a country that gets 59% of its electricity from hydropower. Judging by the problems faced at all three sites, they could be the last three built in the country for decades.
The most problematic of the hydro plants is Nalcor Energy’s Muskrat Falls. On Oct. 18, it ordered contractor Astaldi Canada to stop work on the project because of its “inability to pay its workers” after its Italian-based parent company filed for bankruptcy earlier this month.