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Originally Posted by Shazam
The majority of coal plants were going to be shut down anyhow. Just not soon enough according to the NDP.
Presumably the goal is to have them replaced by things that don't emit CO2, so NG is out of the question. Nuclear scares greeny losers (the trick is to build them without them noticing). So slap on solar panels, stick 1000 lbs of lithium batteries in your basement and put a windmill in your backyard.
Don't know what you guys in apartments will do. Tell you what I'll sell you my excess power at $20/kwh.
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Here's AESO 2016 Long term outlook.
http://www.aeso.ca/downloads/AESO_20...utlook_WEB.pdf
Under it's reference case it forecasts for 2030:
1) Wind generation grows by 4200MW fulfilling the Climate Leadership plan's call for 2/3 of coal generation to be replaced by renewables.
2) Co-generation increasing by 1188MW, Combined-cycle growing by 6825MW , simple cycle by 1311MW which account for the remaining 1/3 of coal's generation plus nearly all the growth in demand.
3) Peak demand is projected to grow 4001MW to 15230MW.