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<blockquote data-quote="Rruuff Day" data-source="post: 272653" data-attributes="member: 2217"><p><strong>"Alberta will add nearly 2,000 megawatts of renewable power capacity between 2017 and 2023</strong>, while Saskatchewan will add 587 megawatts in that time. The “Canada's Renewable Power” report says the country's total installed renewable capacity will hit 71% in 2023, or 106,027 megawatts, up from 67% in 2018."</p><p></p><p>If that is the case, they haven't done much since the 2017 start you mentioned. Last July we had two Level 2 alerts and the call out to reduce power consumption, especially between 4 and 7 pm. The load on the grid according to the AESO was 10,642 MW and 11,700MW respectively. They further advised that they were "several hundred" MW's away from a Level 3 alert which would require cutting electrical service to some customers to keep the system operating. They also said that "Supply is tight but still meeting demand." If they expect to have a renewable capacity of 106,027 MW by 2023, they better get off their a$$es as that is 10000% plus more capacity than the MW draw that necessitated the alerts in July. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/electricity-emergency-alert-level-2-1.6093996" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/electricity-emergency-alert-level-2-1.6093996</a>.</p><p></p><p>With that I would like to thank everyone for the low troll levels in this thread so far. Keep it up and I will recommend a transfer payment increase for NB at my next caucus meeting. <img src="/styles/smilies-extra/vette-smileys/biggrin5.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Biggrin:" title="Biggrin5 :Biggrin:" data-shortname=":Biggrin:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rruuff Day, post: 272653, member: 2217"] [B]"Alberta will add nearly 2,000 megawatts of renewable power capacity between 2017 and 2023[/B], while Saskatchewan will add 587 megawatts in that time. The “Canada's Renewable Power” report says the country's total installed renewable capacity will hit 71% in 2023, or 106,027 megawatts, up from 67% in 2018." If that is the case, they haven't done much since the 2017 start you mentioned. Last July we had two Level 2 alerts and the call out to reduce power consumption, especially between 4 and 7 pm. The load on the grid according to the AESO was 10,642 MW and 11,700MW respectively. They further advised that they were "several hundred" MW's away from a Level 3 alert which would require cutting electrical service to some customers to keep the system operating. They also said that "Supply is tight but still meeting demand." If they expect to have a renewable capacity of 106,027 MW by 2023, they better get off their a$$es as that is 10000% plus more capacity than the MW draw that necessitated the alerts in July. [URL]https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/electricity-emergency-alert-level-2-1.6093996[/URL]. With that I would like to thank everyone for the low troll levels in this thread so far. Keep it up and I will recommend a transfer payment increase for NB at my next caucus meeting. :Biggrin: [/QUOTE]
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