Surprise, surprise. The Ontario Liberals announced Friday they were delaying—yet again—the closure of the provincial coal-fired generating plants. They are thereby violating the letter of one of their major election promises. The opposition is scrambling to make hay out of…
Category: Kyoto
McGuinty’s Kyoto opportunity: a recap
Ontario could easily achieve Kyoto targets in its electricity generating sector, by refurbishing or replacing the laid-up nuclear units at the Pickering and Bruce generating stations. To make my case, I’m going to backhoe some of the historical numbers. Please…
Could windmills replace Nanticoke?
In recent posts I have been beating the drum for nuclear power as the basis for a low-carbon electricity system. This system would itself be the basis for a fundamental shift away from fossil fuels and toward electricity as the…
Nuclear power and heavy industry in Ontario: McGuinty’s Kyoto opportunity, part II
Here’s a question. Should major industrial energy users use less energy? Industry is the second-largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Ontario. Electricity generation is number three. Transportation, all those cars and trucks, is the biggest source category. Bear…
Nuclear power and hybrid vehicles in Ontario: McGuinty’s Kyoto opportunity, part I (continued)
My first post in this series (May 25) showed how a nuclear power expansion in Ontario would propel us to full Kyoto compliance in the electricity generation sector. The provincial government can accomplish this within the time it takes to…