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If anyone is curious, HydroQuébec, the provincial power provider, publishes a live feed of the current output by generation type. [1] Hydroelectric power makes
by graypegg 3y ago
If anyone is curious, HydroQuébec, the provincial power provider, publishes a live feed of the current output by generation type. [1]
Hydroelectric power makes up a massive chunk (~90-95%) of the energy output of the province. If that resource is reaching a cap, where further investment isn’t going to give nearly the same returns, we don’t have other renewables to spin up as easily! Hydro really has been the main investment for decades.
[1] https://www.hydroquebec.com/data/documents-donnees/donnees-ouvertes/json/production.json https://www.hydroquebec.com/data/documents-donnees/donnees-o...
(Source: https://www.hydroquebec.com/documents-data/open-data/electricity-generation-quebec/ https://www.hydroquebec.com/documents-data/open-data/electri...)
Yes, it’s a bilingual json file.