In reality, the Ontario government needs smart meters for one overriding reason: After replacing the province's ever -
reliable coal stations with never - reliable wind and solar facilities, the province will have bought for itself a largely uncontrollable system dominated by power plants that can't be turned off and on as needed.
Not exact matches
They are
reliable, too — you can shovel
coal or pipe gas into a power
station when the sky is cloudy or the wind's not blowing.
be blowing somewhere, then a
coal - fired power
station could be replaced by wind sources that are 100 %
reliable.
Would be much better to run a cable from a
coal fired power
station and use
reliable, clean, non-polluting electricity.
India is also the world's fifth largest greenhouse gas emitter, according to the latest
reliable information (CAIT 2007), with a heavy reliance on
coal power
stations, though India's strong economic growth has meant that demand for electricity often outstrips supply, which has reinforced the need for alternative energy sources.
IN 2016, Victoria's premier Dan Andrews took his State one step closer to Ehrlich and U.N. Strong's energy - free utopia, with the closure of Hazelwood
coal - fired power
station, culling 22 % of Victoria's cheap,
reliable energy supply and flipping the state from a power exporter to an importer.