• betanumerus@lemmy.ca
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    “EverWind’s four wind farms would eventually support the data centre’s electricity needs, but existing generation on the provincial grid would be the primary supply initially.”

    That means: “Mostly coal until say … 2050 because it’s a round number and by then, it won’t be our problem. Sure we could limit size of data centre to what wind power alone could handle today, but no.”

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      Is NS’s mix mostly coal? Haven’t checked.

      E: Geez. Falling but yeah…

      Here’s the planned change for what it’s worth:

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