Power generated by wind blows past coal output in Ontario - 0 views
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three per cent of the province’s electricity in 2012, compared to 2.8 per cent for coal-generated power. A decade ago, coal-burning plants produced a quarter of the province’s electricity output.
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Over the noon hour last Friday, for example, wind was generating 1,196 MW of power, compared to 710 MW from coal. A new wind-generation record was set Jan. 4, when 1,663 megawatts (MW) of electricity was produced by wind turbines, concentrated in southwestern Ontario.
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Nuclear power continues to be Ontario’s chief source for electricity, supplying 56.4 per cent of total output last year, followed by hydro at 22.3 per cent, and natural gas at 14.6 per cent, according to the new IESO figures
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