Climate Change Vulnerability and Grid Resiliency

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*** Opportunity Details ***

BC Hydro implemented a project currently in progress known as “Climate Change Vulnerability and Grid Resiliency” which aims to develop tools that can be used by planners and engineers of the organization to identify regions and infrastructure that will be affected by increased hazards from climate change. The project is broken into four stages that focuses on flooding, terrain stability, climate adjusted data, and climate risk matrix development. Stage 1 – Flooding is currently in progress. Stage 2 – Terrain Stability Mapping is the next stage of the project and is the focus of this RFI application. This stage aims to focus on developing models of future climate scenarios for flooding, riverine movement, rising sea level, erosional ground loss, and identifying hazards to existing and new infrastructure. BC Hydro aims to complete this stage of the project by collaborating with partners that will also benefit from the models and data that will be created. The successful completion of this stage will allow BC Hydro to develop and implement adaptation measures to increase the resiliency of the grid from climate hazards.

This opportunity is subject to Chapter 5 of the Canadian Free Trade Agreement.
All responses should be in English.