
Wind Concerns Ontario, July 30, 2015
Wind power slump causes CO2 spike
by Parker Gallant
The Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) summary report for July 28, 2015 demonstrated how it was an atypical day for Ontario’s industrial wind generators. The Toronto temperature reached 33 degrees Celsius meaning Ontario’s electricity demand was high. Demand averaged 19,515 MWs per hour and peaked at 22,471 MWh.
Wind generators were playing in the sandbox for the whole 24 hours, producing a miserly 2,180 MWh which equaled 2.9% of their (IESO posted) capacity and less than a half percent (½ %) of total Ontario demand of 462,144 MWh. For two of those hours (9 and 10) wind produced less than 10 MWh — that probably meant they were drawing more power than they produced.
Picking up…
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