Three in-depth pieces on coal-fired power today:
NDP say coal refurbishment will double electricity rates by 2050, prefer natural gas and renewables instead
NDP analysis of coal refurbishment and its impact on rates, in depth
SaskPower Minister responds to NDP study on refurbishing coal and its impact on rates
In cased you missed this major related story on Monday:
BREAKING: Data centre hinges on dispatchable baseload power, including coal refurbishment
I would like to point out that the Leader Post, CTV and CBC failed to mention, or perhaps even realize, that it will be coal powering that new data centre in Regina. Where did they think that power is going to come from? I know! Solar, at night!
“Where did they think that power is going to come from?”
Brian, at some point you’re going to have to admit that they’re actively, deliberately, maliciously LYING.
They are not mistaken, uniformed, deluded, misled, stupid, or any of that. They’re f-ing well lying. For money.
It’s enemy action. Plan accordingly.
OMG COAL!
CONGRATULATIONS! STAY AWAY FROM MARXIST UN WEF NUCLEAR AT ANY COST.
They will break your Province
FILTHY LIBERALS
Nuclear is good.
“Nuclear is good.”
It is…second only to hydro-electric generation.
LNG/clean coal would be third for baseline (24/7) power generation…everything else is backup generation. Solar can be useful with either battery or pumped hydro storage. Wind power is *dead last* in desirability, always.
Other than as comedy, or to warn others, why post anything the low IQ commies of the NDP have to say about anything?
Has anyone asked how this giant suck will affect SKPower rates for normal consumers? Providing it actually gets built, in an environment where the financials look increasingly shaky for AI.
L – A.I. data centres must finance their own electrical power. This in order to isolate the consumer from the Black Swan event, of one or more going bankrupt. That is inevitable.
A school colleague, now a professor in Melbourne, explained studies are all set up to come to the conclusion the client desires. He could do a study on one subject for two clients. Both studies, with few exceptions, would be fully supported and documented yet come to the separate desired conclusions.
NDP wanted to say prices will rise, it got it. I can go to the exact same firm and get a report showing how prices will fall.
If I read this correctly, the high cost of coal fired electricity is primarily the ever increasing federal carbon tax.
I read somewhere that the Bell data centre required 300MW. Coal is good.