Lets say its April 7th 2016 3am or so in Ontario and there is about 15GW of demand.
Nuclear+Hydro+Gas keeps the lights and heat on.
Biofuel+Wind+Solar are just posturing. And they cost a fortune.
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Hydro is fine — until you’re in a drought situation, like the one in Brazil (and Argentina?) recently that upended normal society. Pumped storage accounts for 99% of world energy storage but again, it’s dependent upon climate patterns and rainfall. Cut the rain, cut the power. How is that effective?
BC import/export stats … I believe the big import years are drought years. But I’ll check.
http://www.bcstats.gov.bc.ca/statisticsbysubject/ExportsImports/Data/ElectricityTrade.aspx