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Coal accounted for 80 per cent of Alberta’s electricity grid in the early 2000s and it still amounted to 60 per cent just 10 years ago. When phasing out coal was just an idea being batted around, many said it couldn’t be done. This is not dissimilar to the rhetoric today around decarbonizing the grid. But Alberta’s experience phasing out coal shows environmental progress of this magnitude is possible.

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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 27 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Great headline but doesn't indicate what replaced it.

Carbon dioxide still getting produced in massive quantities.

Coal and other hydrocarbons still being produced for export. But, hey, if it gets burned in another jurisdiction that isn't our problem, right? We will put up those glass barriers all the way to space so our atmospheres don't mix.

Southern Alberta is probably the best place in Canada for massive scale solar installations. Get on it.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

https://renewablesassociation.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/EN-2023-Map.png

Alberta produces 2-3X more energy per capita from wind and solar than any other province, and has almost as much renewable energy storage than the rest of Canada put together.

[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Battery storage, I presume. Many other provinces don't need the storage due to the ability to vary the output from dams.

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