Kanada will sein Stromnetz bis 2050 mit sauberer Energie und geringeren Kosten für die Nutzer verdoppeln
https://apnews.com/article/energy-canada-carney-d6a987a0baf8005c2fc81ac42dfddd73
Kanada will sein Stromnetz bis 2050 mit sauberer Energie und geringeren Kosten für die Nutzer verdoppeln
https://apnews.com/article/energy-canada-carney-d6a987a0baf8005c2fc81ac42dfddd73
6 Kommentare
So far I haven’t seen Carney making clean energy moves… unless he’s counting natural gas in his definition.
We have a really great nuclear program in Canada, we want to decouple a bit more from the US and appealing to China to help us set up some solar manufacturing here could be a play, hell refurbish some of our dams or something. I dunno. But so far, I think we’ve given up on net zero and Carney won’t be alive to see what the choices he’s making now will result in.
Lower cost, are you telling me the cost in 2050 will be lower than today, bullshit. I agree a mix of small nuclear and natural gas should be our priority but the network itself needs to be upgraded, I can guarantee rates will go up, nothing is free, especially building new infrastructure.
It’s small potatoes but I’d like to see the federal government put a bit of effort into getting the provinces to legalize plug-in solar. Maybe start with the territories first as a pilot – their energy costs are insane and the price they pay for hydro would make up for the lower solar power at high latitude. It’s such an easy way to put a ton of solar on the grid with no public subsidy.
Cheap electricity is good for both consumer and the economy: it lowers costs. Having especially cheap electricity can be a strong incentive for high consumption businesses to locate themselves in an area.
The nationalisation of Hydro-Quebec and lowering of electricity costs was a signify factor in the rapid modernisation of the Quebec economy during the Quiet Revolution. This is a good direction to go.
Until we get our unicorn energy (Fusion), I think nuclear Fission is a better base load power solution where hydro isn’t sufficient. A combination of solar, wind and batterie can then make most of the remaining energy grid with natural gas as the backup power, dead of winter, no wind blowing and solar all but useless.
If by amping up our grid usage from EVs to heat pumps we need more of the backup power, then sure, build away – but treat it as backup power.
Easier said than done when it’s the Provinces that have the jurisdiction here. Alberta renewables were decimated when Smith took power.