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Originally Posted by accord1999
And it happened in the early evening when solar generation is rapidly weakening. With high Alberta temperatures correlated with weak wind, natural gas generators had to rapidly ramp up. Life for the grid would be easier if there 4 GW of coal/nuclear running continuously.
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There is pretty much zero reason to burn coal given the supply and price of gas. If we need more baseload, build those. We know how, they aren't hugely over budget, and can be done much quicker than nuclear.