On Thursday, 11 Feb 2021, while it was -25C outside, I decided to see where all our electricity was coming from. There is a site that lists the electrical load of the province and where the power is coming from. Here was the breakdown on that day:
Coal 27%
Gas 63%
Hydro 1.6%
Other 2.8%
Wind 4.8%
Imported 6.7%
All of the power plants are listed on the site, and I had always wondered where all the coal powered plants were. So I went looking on Google Maps.
All of the coal plants are co-located next to coal mines. Quite a few are near Lake Wabamun, the rest are in the eastern part of Alberta, relatively due east of Red Deer. You can see the mines above in biege.
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