On hot days like today, demand for air conditioning swells. Air conditioning requires electricity, so what fuel sources are being used to generate electricity?
Source | MW | % |
Nuclear | 10857 | 45.31 |
Hydro | 4658 | 19.44 |
Gas | 5410 | 22.58 |
Coal | 1722 | 7.19 |
Wind | 441 | 1.84 |
Other | 873 | 3.64 |
Total | 23961 | 100 |
source:http://www.ieso.ca/ | ||
Fuels used to meet demand Jun. 20 - 12:00-13:00 |
Nuclear is the most important fuel. Nuclear, hydro and natural gas provide 87.3% of the fuel. Other refers to wood waste, biogas, solar, etc. Electricity generation in Ontario is very dependent on nuclear. For the year to date, nuclear has accounted for 56.9% of the fuel used to generate electricity in Ontario. Renewables make up a relatively small proportion of total fuel source. Notice that coal, which used to be a big fuel source, now accounts for just 2.7% of total fuel usage.
Today's electricity demand is projected to peak is 24,267 MW at 5 pm.
The summer record was 27,005 MW on August 1, 2006.
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