Ontario Gets 35% of Energy From Renewables As Coal Plants Shut Down CleanTechnica reports that, with 2,312 megawatts (MW) of wind power, 4,091 MW of hydro and 159 MW from other sources, renewables hit 35 percent of all the energy going into the grid one day this week. That amount will vary, of course, depending on how windy it is on a given day.
“Ontario is now the first jurisdiction in North America to
fully eliminate coal as a source of electricity generation,” a press release from its Ministry of Energy said when Thunder Bay closed.
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http://ecowatch.com/2014/09/12/ontario-renewable-energy/