In electric power generation in developed countries, when one form of steady, large-scale, reliable generation comes out of the system, another with the same attributes must go in to replace it. If the first form steadily puts, say, 1,000 megawatts…
Category: Air quality
Carbon and cost: the real meaning of energy security in Ontario
Less than a month ago, the Power Workers’ Union published a supplemental article in the Globe and Mail on energy security. Energy security sounds like a wonkish term, but it packs enormous meaning especially on days like today (Monday, December…
Nuclear energy in Ontario: the unmentionable cause of a beautiful effect
Bruce Power, the partnership that runs the Bruce nuclear generating plant, which is North America’s biggest clean energy centre, has been running a series of TV ads pointing up the biggest greenhouse gas reduction in North America since the Kyoto…
Affordable low-carbon development: Romania shows Germany how it’s done
Germany has some of the highest electricity prices in the European Union. German households pay upwards of 38 Canadian cents for each kilowatt-hour of power. Romanian households pay some of the lowest: less than 16 Canadian cents. Which is to…
How to tell if electricity decarbonization is working: replace renewable energy standards with a simple carbon standard
There is no shortage of advice out there about how to decarbonize the economy. A lot of of it focuses on electricity, and power generation especially. This is natural—electric power generation is the world’s largest source category for anthropogenic carbon…