Category: Atomic Energy Canada

Harper Conservatives finally play the Kyoto PR game

by Stephen E. Aplin • January 20, 2007 • 0 Comments

This week’s series of federal announcements on renewables, wind power, tidal power, etc., sounded a lot like Liberal redux. To be fair to the government’s critics, that’s because a lot of it was Liberal redux. But this accusation has an…

Are federal Conservatives set to support Ontario Liberals’ nuclear expansion?

by Stephen E. Aplin • January 10, 2007 • 0 Comments

Word has it that the prime minister and Ontario premier have been talking about heavy water and uranium. Specifically, they have discussed the prospect of the feds providing financial support for the purchase and commissioning of at least two CANDU…

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Table A1: Total Ontario generation, and related CO₂ emissions, in hour preceding 18:05 EST on Feb 25 2021
FUEL	MWh	CO₂, tons
Nuclear	8,686	0
Hydro	5,357	0
Gas	2,162	833
Wind	1,284	0
Biofuel	30	30
Oil & Gas	0	0
Solar	367	0
TOTAL	17,886	870
CO₂ intensity per kWh (CIPK) in the last hour: 49.96 grams.


Table A2: Total Ontario generation, and related CO₂ emissions, midnight to 18:05 EST on Feb 25 2021
FUEL	MWh	CO₂, tons
Nuclear	138,325	0
Hydro	70,271	0
Gas	22,087	8,506
Wind	24,136	0
Biofuel	392	392
Oil & Gas	0	0
Solar	18,169	0
TOTAL	257,041	8,988
Average CO₂ intensity per kWh (CIPK) over period: 34.23 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
870	5,647
49.96	324.32
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, 870 tons were dumped, which would fill Rogers Centre 0.3 times.