A new technical paper released by the IESO suggests, at first glance, that we’ve finally arrived at the destination green energy advocates have been predicting for so long.
“For years, the nuclear industry and the IESO have been saying we’ve got to invest in new nuclear because wind, solar, and battery storage can’t provide us with 24/7 reliable power. And this report says they can,” says Jack Gibbons, chair of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance. “It shows that these options are lower cost than new small modular reactors. We’ve got confirmation from the IESO what clean energy people have been saying for years, which is that renewables are reliable and they’re our lowest-cost source of new supply.”
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