Unless sense prevails, by 2015 the Ontario power grid is going have around 8,000 nameplate MW of wind, solar and bioenergy, mostly wind, and 10,700 MW by 2018. Even today with just over 1,700 MW of wind the grid is unmanageable during periods of surplus baseload generation (SBG) without exporting large amounts of electricity...
Ontario electricity generation in the last hour
| Fuel | MW | CO2, tons |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | 8,676 | 0 |
| Hydro | 3,020 | 0 |
| Gas | 1,248 | 686 |
| Wind | 222 | 0 |
| Other | 157 | 8 |
| Coal | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 13,326 | 697 |
Ontario electricity generation and air emissions so far today
| Fuel | MWh | CO2, tons |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear | 17,358 | 0 |
| Hydro | 6,028 | 0 |
| Gas | 2,642 | 1,452 |
| Wind | 498 | 0 |
| Other | 323 | 21 |
| Coal | 6 | 6 |
| Total | 26,855 | 1,479 |
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