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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
The draft regulations also refer to an updated Canadian Environmental Protection Act, specifically the Regulations Designating Regulatory Provisions for the Purposes of Enforcement. It refers specifically to increased fines and jail time for non compliance.
I'm a huge clean electricity guy as anyone who's checked my posting history can see, but these regulations are going to make expensive electricity in Alberta. Firstly, ccus is very expensive to begin with as it's still an emerging technology, and secondly, even if produced at scale I'm not sure it can do what the regulations will require (ie. 30 t/GWh). The ccus itself uses almost 30% of the power it scrubs the CO2 from! Peaker plants can be unabated but they can only work 450 hours per year which is probably not enough to a) support the grid, or b) be profitable.
Unless affordable 16 hour+ storage becomes widely available soon (which it will eventually, but when?), Gas will have to be the back up power. With higher carbon taxes other provinces that can move away from gas will, so I'm not sure it needs to be regulated so tightly.
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Ignoring 2035, what does net-zero ever look like in Alberta? If there is a necessity to stop adding CO2 to the atmosphere then costs need to be borne one way or other. What’s the end plan and how do get there, even by 2050?