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“E” vs “SG” in ethical investing: how sustainable is mollification-by-cherrypicking

by Stephen E. Aplin • April 11, 2020 • 7 Comments

In the great game of whack-a-mole that is capital raising in Canada’s oil patch, it must be frustrating, for those whose full-time job when there isn’t a global pandemic is whacking the moles of ESG criteria on which they feel…

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Green bonds, greenwash, and risk: how to tame the new Wild West

by Stephen E. Aplin • September 23, 2019 • 3 Comments

What makes a green bond green? A cynic might say the easy answer lies in the word “green”: take a bond, put the word “green” before the word “bond,” and congratulations—you have created a green bond. In reality, to sell…

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New wind farm in Alberta comes online September 1: AA, anyone?

by Stephen E. Aplin • September 2, 2019 • 8 Comments

The Whitla Wind project phase I came onto Alberta’s grid yesterday (September 1 2019) around 1:05 pm local time. Phase 1 is 202 megawatts capacity, making it the second-largest farm in the province— Blackspring Ridge, at 300 MW, is the…

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Alberta’s coal phaseout: can wind replace coal?

by Stephen E. Aplin • July 11, 2019 • 12 Comments

Last time I started to unpack the inherently dismal performance and underlying economics of wind power in Alberta. The whole reason Alberta has started this dysfunctional relationship with wind is because it has a dream that wind will somehow replace…

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The cost of wind power in Alberta

by Stephen E. Aplin • July 9, 2019 • 8 Comments

I keep watching Alberta’s electricity system operator’s website for new grid-connected wind farms, beyond the 20 ones that existed in mid-2018. As of today, July 9 2019, at 13:53 eastern time (11:53 Mountain time), that number is unchanged—the total capacity…

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Buffalo NY: where green energy fantasies go to die, and reality dawns

by Stephen E. Aplin • March 12, 2019 • 3 Comments

There’s a thread on Reddit about Tesla’s Solar Roof announcements that is pretty funny if your job isn’t at stake, and pretty unfunny if it is. Here’s what Tesla has said about the alleged product since purchasing solar financing company…

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Item A1 Current concentration of CO2 in the global atmosphere:
414.99 parts per million
In the last hour:
  • Nuclear reactors contributed 100 % of total electrical power generated in-province.
  • 100 % of Ontario-generated electricity was carbon-free.
  • Nuclear reactors contributed 100 % of Ontario's carbon-free electricity.
Table A1: Total Ontario generation and related CO2, by fuel, in the hour preceding 12:05 on 2023-03-21
FUEL MWh CO2, tons
Nuclear 4,934 0
Hydro 0 0
Gas 0 0
Wind 0 0
Biofuel 0 0
Oil & Gas 0 0
Solar 0 0
TOTAL 4,934 0
CO2 intensity per kWh (CIPK) in the last hour: 0.00 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
0 2,714
0.00 550.00
Tons CO2
CIPK, grams
If gas had replaced nuclear last hour, Ontario power plants would have dumped enough CO2 to fill Rogers Centre 0.9 times. As it was, 0 tons were dumped, which would fill Rogers Centre 0.0 times.

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