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Originally Posted by Fuzz
Our consumption is around 10,000MW, so 1MW is not going to go far at all. Even 100 of those doesn't really move the needle. Wind generation is ~2000MW capacity. In the low times in January, it was around 150MW. So to make wind a reliable power source with batteries, to get a consistent say, 1000MW, that's 1000 of those batteries. Is that achievable? I haven't looked into the details of that battery plan.
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If you account for all of Alberta’s residential, commercial, industrial and transport uses, our consumption is equivalent to roughly 120GW.