silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-25 months agoAlberta's last coal plant has powered down, marking the end of an era | In a feat once thought impossible, the province went from 80% coal power to zero — years ahead of schedulewww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down14
arrow-up1246arrow-down1external-linkAlberta's last coal plant has powered down, marking the end of an era | In a feat once thought impossible, the province went from 80% coal power to zero — years ahead of schedulewww.cbc.casilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · edit-25 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-24 months agoGood! They must have accelerated the trend quite a bit from when I could find data on their energy mix. But it does look like they’re largely replacing with gas rather than renewables. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Albertas-Electric-Energy-Mix-own-computation-based-on-the-Alberta-Utilities-Commission_fig1_344476332
Good! They must have accelerated the trend quite a bit from when I could find data on their energy mix. But it does look like they’re largely replacing with gas rather than renewables.