Category: Greenhouse gas emissions

Nuclear power and hybrid vehicles in Ontario: McGuinty’s Kyoto opportunity, part I (continued)

by Stephen E. Aplin • May 26, 2006 • 0 Comments

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…

Nuclear power and hybrid vehicles: McGuinty’s Kyoto opportunity, part I

by Stephen E. Aplin • May 25, 2006 • 0 Comments

Ontario is on the verge of becoming the very first North American jurisdiction to take a giant step to full Kyoto compliance. Some time soon, energy minister Dwight Duncan will announce the provincial government’s plans for adding refurbished or new…

Harper and Kyoto: emissions trading in Canada?

by Stephen E. Aplin • May 23, 2006 • 0 Comments

In my May 19 post I harped on about the Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) in Europe. What does that have to do with Canada? The ETS covers companies roughly similar to what we in Canada call the Large Final Emitters…

The European emission trading scheme: market volatility teaches some early, hard lessons

by Stephen E. Aplin • May 19, 2006 • 0 Comments

There is a lot of flak and confusion surrounding the recent drama over the EU’s emission trading scheme (ETS). The price of carbon permits crashed last week when some market participants suddenly revealed they had more permits than expected. (For…

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Table A1: Total Ontario generation, and related CO₂ emissions, in hour preceding 04:05 EST on Dec 04 2021
FUEL	MWh	CO₂, tons
Nuclear	8,631	0
Hydro	3,007	0
Gas	2,166	833
Wind	1,550	0
Biofuel	48	48
Oil & Gas	0	0
Solar	0	0
TOTAL	15,402	881
CO₂ intensity per kWh (CIPK) in the last hour: 57.85 grams.


Table A2: Total Ontario generation, and related CO₂ emissions, midnight to 04:05 EST on Dec 04 2021
FUEL	MWh	CO₂, tons
Nuclear	34,497	0
Hydro	12,116	0
Gas	9,374	3,606
Wind	3,459	0
Biofuel	189	189
Oil & Gas	0	0
Solar	0	0
TOTAL	59,635	3,795
Average CO₂ intensity per kWh (CIPK) over period: 63.70 grams

This content is updated at 50 minutes past the hour. Refresh at that time to see latest available data. Sources: www.ieso.ca and EmissionTrak™

**Table A3** Should we replace nuclear plants with natural gas-fired ones? This table compares actual Ontario grid CO₂ emissions from the last hour with those from a grid in which gas has replaced nuclear.
Actual Ontario grid	Gas replaces nuclear
881	5,628
57.85	369.54
Tons CO₂ CIPK, grams If gas had replaced nuclear last hour, Ontario power plants would have dumped enough CO₂ to fill Rogers Centre 2.0 times. As it was, 881 tons were dumped, which would fill Rogers Centre 0.3 times.