A climate success story: How Alberta got off coal power

[Guest]

BC , Canada , is the largest coal exporter in North America , even outdoing West Virginia , two faced pricks

[chuckChuck]

US Coal Power Generation Plummets 30% in 2020, EIA Says

Coal power fell by a record amount last year, and things have gone downhill quickly from there for the embattled sector.

https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/us-coal-generation-plunges-30-in-first-half-of-2020-eia-says https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/us-coal-generation-plunges-30-in-first-half-of-2020-eia-says

U.S. coal power generation plunged by 30 percent in the first half of 2020 off an already-depressed base, shoved out by natural gas and renewables amid low energy prices linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new figures from the Energy Information Administration.

Since its peak in 2007, U.S. coal consumption has been on the decline. But the trajectory of its fall has been getting steeper, and 2020 looks set to be an unprecedentedly terrible year for the sector.

[Guest]

no worries, china is picking up the slack
and BC, Canada is feeding them

[AlbertaFarmer5]

And this success story has absolutely nothing to do with wind or solar. Switching from one fossil fuel to another. Not quite clear why Chuck is supporting this let alone advertising it to everyone?

[Guest]

And this success story has absolutely nothing to do with wind or solar. Switching from one fossil fuel to another. Not quite clear why Chuck is supporting this let alone advertising it to everyone?

well, its complicated , lol ,lmao
he obviously didn't think it through , and was started by a conservative govt , lol,lol,lol

[shtferbrains]

BC is not even close! LOL Is this an example of your "alternate" facts?

Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of coal during 2019.

Australia: US$44.4 billion (37.5% of total coal exports)
Indonesia: $21.5 billion (18.2%)
Russia: $16 billion (13.5%)
United States: $9.8 billion (8.3%)
Colombia: $5.2 billion (4.4%)
Canada: $5.2 billion (4.4%)
South Africa: $4.8 billion (4.1%)
Netherlands: $3.2 billion (2.7%)
Mongolia: $3.1 billion (2.6%)
Mozambique: $1 billion (0.9%)
China: $932.8 million (0.8%)
Poland: $622.8 million (0.5%)
Philippines: $460.6 million (0.4%)
Kazakhstan: $449.7 million (0.4%)
Belgium: $217.3 million (0.2%)

http://www.worldstopexports.com/coal-exports-country/ http://www.worldstopexports.com/coal-exports-country/

Thats an interesting chart Chuck.
Thanks for posting that.
As you say Canada is almost significant.
Can you find one that shows who uses it and what the heck they do with it all in these times when everyone is signed on to the Paris agreement?
How much does Canada use and when we get to zero who will notice? Besides us of coarse.


When you post the chart on who is using it maybe include one of the top industrial economy's and we can watch which way Canada is going.

Thanks in advance.

[chuckChuck]

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/11/north-dakotas-largest-power-plant-set-to-close-as-owner-bets-on-wind.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/11/north-dakotas-largest-power-plant-set-to-close-as-owner-bets-on-wind.html

North Dakota’s largest power plant looks set to close as the owner bets on wind energy
Published Mon, May 11 202010:17 AM EDT Updated Mon, May 11 202011:57 AM EDT
Anmar Frangoul

Great River Energy plans to shut down the two units of Coal Creek Station in the second half of 2022.
Not-for-profit cooperative adds it is also “willing to consider opportunities to sell the plant.”

A 1,151-megawatt (MW) coal power station in North Dakota is set to be retired after it was deemed to have “lost value compared to other alternatives in recent years.”

Announcing the decision at the end of last week, electric power supplier Great River Energy said it planned to shut down the two units of Coal Creek Station in the second half of 2022, adding that it was also “willing to consider opportunities to sell the plant.”

Located roughly 50 miles north of Bismarck, the Coal Creek Station facility has a workforce of 260 and uses approximately 22,000 tons of lignite each day. According to Great River Energy, it is the largest power plant in North Dakota.

“Coal Creek Station is operated efficiently, safely and with pride by a dedicated and talented staff,” David Saggau, Great River Energy’s CEO and president, said in a statement. “We will make every effort to minimize impacts on our employees and the communities through this transition.”

Looking ahead, Great River Energy, which operates as a not-for-profit cooperative, is aiming to purchase over 1,100 MW from new wind energy projects by late 2023, an investment of more than $1.2 billion. Among other things, it is also planning to modify a coal and natural gas-based power plant so that it’s fueled solely by natural gas.

While other parts of the world, such as Britain, have seen their “reliance on coal for electricity” reach very low levels in recent years — it’s fallen from 70% in 1990 to under 3% today, according to the government — the U.S. is a different story.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

well, its complicated , lol ,lmao
he obviously didn't think it through , and was started by a conservative govt , lol,lol,lol

And the switch is motivated by economics, since gas is now cheaper than coal.

[Guest]

Wind energy suffers tough year in Europe with 12 nations failing to install a single turbine Wind energy suffers tough year in Europe with 12 nations failing to install a single turbine

[chuckChuck]

And this success story has absolutely nothing to do with wind or solar. Switching from one fossil fuel to another. Not quite clear why Chuck is supporting this let alone advertising it to everyone?

"North Dakota’s largest power plant looks set to close as the owner bets on wind energy"

Apparently in North Dakota it does. One of our closest neighbors still burns lots of coal but wind is replacing some of it.