Will Noel

Data Nerd & Senior Electricity Analyst @Pembina. Much like a wind turbine, I'm a huge metal fan 🤘. Views are my own.

[Pembina Institute @Pembina]

The Alberta MOU isn’t just about pipelines and emissions. Real projects are at risk — worth tens of billions of dollars.

Any further delay increases the risk that those dollars — and the jobs they’d create — stay on pause.

➡️ We crunched the numbers: https://t.co/cipSriMHXF

[Pembina Institute @Pembina]

⚡️ The rapid buildout of emissions-free #electricity across provinces is key to ensuring a prosperous economic future for all Canadians.

Our reaction on Canada’s finalized #CleanElectricity Regulations ⤵️

https://t.co/Es11jbGAvv

[Will Noel @yeg_will]

Alberta's net-to-grid generation is currently around half renewables😎

[Will Noel @yeg_will]

Happy Genesee #1 retirement day to all who celebrate! As of this morning, Alberta (officially*) has one operational coal power plant.

*It's been offline since April 8, but was finally removed from the AESO current supply & demand page

[Tim Weis @TimWeisAB]

Interesting patterns developing where wind and solar output depresses hourly pool prices in Alberta. Wind graphic divided into 3 equal 2900-hr blocks. Even though average 2023 prices were much higher than 2020, pattern shows solar duck curve arriving in Alberta.

[Pembina Institute @Pembina]

With nearly 1,700 megawatts of new capacity added in the last year, Alberta now has the second largest wind 🌬 fleet in Canada. This is over 1/4 of all wind capacity in the country.

[Clean Energy Canada @cleanenergycan]

💰📈 Renewables made Southern Alberta municipalities $28 million in tax revenues in 2022—a number that could grow by an additional $250 million "in just a few years," finds @BRC_Canada.

"That’s what we’re worried about the moratorium jeopardizing.”
#ableg
https://t.co/w9pTfD5CwV

[Steven Guilbeault @s_guilbeault]

And as this @Pembina report shows, building a clean grid would help save Albertans more than $600 per household in electricity costs. Let's work together on creating cleaner air and good jobs. https://t.co/FZMYgSrFpZ

[Real Talk Ryan Jespersen @RealTalkRJ]

"Alberta's shown we can do this."

@Pembina's Binnu Jeyakumar tells #RealTalkRJ the story of Stephen Harper's 2012 coal phase-out, the free market's response, and why she's confident Alberta can achieve a #NetZero grid by 2035.

👀 https://t.co/qZ07bNbP7p #abpoli #cdnpoli ⚡️

[Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) @RenewablesAssoc]

"Alberta accounted for the lion’s share—75%—of Canada’s utility-scale #Wind and #Solar capacity growth in 2022," writes CanREA's Evan Wilson. "Alberta is enjoying well-regulated growth, rooted in strong policies and robust community engagement practices." https://t.co/idJjpXN10U

[Will Noel @yeg_will]

Check out our latest report! It has:
☑️Affordable electricity bills
☑️Economic development opportunities
☑️Increased energy exports
☑️A call for a made-in-Alberta plan

But most importantly, it also has:
☑️An 18-page appendix for my fellow nerds🤓

[Pembina Institute @Pembina]

🆕📃 NEW REPORT: “Zeroing In: Pathways to an affordable net-zero grid in Alberta”

Our latest report explores scenarios that demonstrate how Alberta can decarbonize its grid by 2035 in a cost-effective and reliable manner.

https://t.co/QmId6bALDZ

[Will Noel @yeg_will]

Even though this is only happening during 'peak' sunlight, solar managed to beat out coal for 8 hours in a single day - and it's only March.

[Will Noel @yeg_will]

As Alberta begins to thaw, solar power continues to overtake coal during peak sunlight hours, even with both coal plants running at full capacity!

[Will Noel @yeg_will]

Since February 27 - the first day solar overtook coal this year - solar has had a higher output that coal for a total of 55 hour (and counting!)

[Will Noel @yeg_will]

@eric__79 @happy_pipes @TimWeisAB @UAlberta @NRCan No, you're correct - City of Medicine Hat is purchasing all the electricity, so it wouldn't show up on AESO

[Will Noel @yeg_will]

@happy_pipes @eric__79 @TimWeisAB @UAlberta @NRCan https://t.co/UxREKGaz07
Updates every minute

[Will Noel @yeg_will]

Thanks @bcshaffer and @S_HastingsSimon for checking out the data! This was my take on the size (physical and capacity) of turbines over the years - a little sneak peek of a paper that I wrote with @TimWeisAB, @andrew_leach, and Dr. Brian Fleck.

[Blake Shaffer 📊🇨🇦🇺🇦 @bcshaffer]

With a hat-tip to @S_HastingsSimon, seems there's some fun new data on wind turbines in Canada (with location data too!)

Here are a couple quick takes from the data.

First, wind plants are getting taller. [1/3]

[Will Noel @yeg_will]

@andrew_leach @ThibaultBen @S_HastingsSimon I think I may have too much time on my hands. Do I get my degree now?