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Re:Several US utilities back out of deal to build novel nucl... by kjrose on Saturday April 24, 2021 @10:15AM (#26924966)
60% of Ontario capacity is already nuclear and they sell it to the US. So in a way they are already doing this. Just not to the degree they probably should.
Re:Several US utilities back out of deal to build novel nucl... by throw0101a on Saturday April 24, 2021 @11:15AM (#26925462)
If anyone is curious about the actual (real-time) numbers, go to this page† and click on the "Supply" tab:

* https://www.ieso.ca/power-data

Nuclear chugs along with the base load at 9000 to 9500 MW, next biggest is hydro with between 3000 and 5000MW (with some deep troughs at 2500). Wind is the third-biggest, but is very variable: it tends to peak where hydro troughs (2500). Natgas comes along every so often

Ontario retired all of its coal plants several years ago.

If I had a magic want in Ontario I'd say we should build another 2000-2500 nuclear plant, which would take care of some of the base load that hydro is handling. Then hydro would be more free to handle the variable load, and we could reduce/remove natgas.

Various CSV and XML files available with historical data:

* https://www.ieso.ca/en/Power-Data/Data-Directory

†Site run by the Independent Electricity System Operator (Ontario's grid).

Re:Several US utilities back out of deal to build novel nucl... by throw0101a on Saturday April 24, 2021 @11:34AM (#26925618)
If anyone really wants to get into the numbers, you can see the output on a per generator basis:

* https://www.sygration.com/gendata/today.html

Re:Several US utilities back out of deal to build novel nucl... by kjrose on Saturday April 24, 2021 @11:25AM (#26925553)
Yeah I found out about these numbers when I was reviewing the policy book for the Alberta chamber of commerce.