𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙁𝙩 𝙈𝙘𝙈𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮, 𝙜𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙪𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧. 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙣-𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙗𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙩, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬𝙨 𝙖 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞 𝙙𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙧𝙪𝙢𝙨 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚

Suncor's oilsands operations are 24/7, with baseload heat demand.

cnwc-cctn.ca/suncors-non-...

𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙙: 𝙖 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨

Suncor's newly uprated gas-fired Base Plant in Alberta ramped up to over 500 MW...

... OPG's Pickering Unit 4, non-emitting CANDU nuclear, readied for final departure from the grid, after nearly 50 years of service

Alberta's electricity grid is nearly entirely fossil fuel-powered, with baseload demand often over 10,000 MW.

Nuclear-izing that could avoid 53 million tons of CO2 emissions yearly, but AB's growing reliance on gas-fired cogeneration for baseload supply makes decarbonization impossible.

#ABEnergy

... and they're climbing the stairway to heaven (-ly disinterest in nuclear power)

Suncor Base Plant's output until Oct 10 was never more than ~ 40 MW, from 50 MW capacity.

On Oct 10, capacity jumped to 453 MW, then Nov 9 to 856 MW.

Output appears climbing to around 50-60% of that.

Gas fired.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖 𝙤𝙞𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝'𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙪𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧

Or, the Canadian nuclear industry's success in penetrating the Alberta process heat and power gen market

FYI, Suncor Base Plant runs on gas

Here's how the Quebec drought affected Ontario's electricity trade with Quebec, Feb 2024 vs Feb 2023.

Less exports to NY and Michigan in 2024, because more exports to Quebec -- NOT, as CP claims, because of low hydro in Ontario.

Ontario imports from QC way down in 2024, virtually non-existent.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙧𝙖 𝙞𝙣 𝙊𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮? 𝙊𝙋𝙂 𝙋𝙞𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩 1 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙯𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩 4 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙜𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞-𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩 𝙣𝙪𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙐 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮