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Canada's Big Bet on Electrification with Dr. Blake Shaffer
On Season 4 Episode 9 of Energy vs Climate, David, Sara, Ed and special guest Dr. Blake Shaffer of The University of Calgary, dig into the how and why of Canada's big bet on electrification in the 2023 Federal Budget.
EPISODE NOTES:
@0:44 Blake Shaffer, economist and professor at the University of Calgary
@3:59 Blake Shaffer: Technical Pathways to Aligning Canadian Electricity Systems with Net Zero Goals Report
@11:14 Electricity 101: Generation capacity vs. Energy generation
@27:39 Non-wire solutions explained
@28:39 Co-locating to build less transmission lines and get a higher utilization…
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