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Fuzz · 12-29-2021, 03:07 PM

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Just a reminder what we are up against in Alberta. 6% solar production vs installed capacity. ~10% for wind. Coal still at 2000MW. Gas at 8000MW, so together they represent nearly all the power we generate, and we are short ~700MW that we get through imports. Swap that coal for gas, and add 20% for future growth and electric vehicles, and we NEED about 4000MW of new and replacement baseload,which looks to be gas by the end of the decade.

If you want to do that with solar and wind, we need to add either 10x more wind power, or, well, more solar than we probably have space or money for. Plus an unimaginable amount of batteries. And that's just for future growth.

Time to really get serious about nuclear if we want to even try to hold gas steady, and we better be getting go on it yesterday.

12-29-2021, 03:07 PM	#504
Fuzz Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Pickle Jar Lake Exp:	http://ets.aeso.ca/ets_web/ip/Market...DReportServlet Just a reminder what we are up against in Alberta. 6% solar production vs installed capacity. ~10% for wind. Coal still at 2000MW. Gas at 8000MW, so together they represent nearly all the power we generate, and we are short ~700MW that we get through imports. Swap that coal for gas, and add 20% for future growth and electric vehicles, and we NEED about 4000MW of new and replacement baseload,which looks to be gas by the end of the decade. If you want to do that with solar and wind, we need to add either 10x more wind power, or, well, more solar than we probably have space or money for. Plus an unimaginable amount of batteries. And that's just for future growth. Time to really get serious about nuclear if we want to even try to hold gas steady, and we better be getting go on it yesterday.