Calgary & Alberta Economy

[darwink]

This is the only thing to get minorly excited about. Outside of construction, once built, these employ very few people and suck up energy resources that could go to the grid. Let's see how we fare in this winter's coming deep freeze, population and thus load has been growing while I haven't seen much capacity added, can the grid handle it?

It depends if the data centres have colocated or associated generation assets with them. This project has associated generation. Most of them do, it is way cheaper, no need to pay for transmission or distribution. Heck, this project even plans to opt out of the NGTL system for its natural gas supply, instead looking for a lateral from a maybe uprated Alliance Pipeline. Then attached to their straddle and fractionation plant.

"Earlier this year, Pembina and Kineticor formed a joint venture to develop the Greenlight Electricity Centre (GLEC), a 1,800-megawatt natural gas power station located in the Industrial Heartland. The companies plan to develop the facility in 450-megawatt increments"

Using more gas in Alberta and especially extracting petrochemical feedstock is a net win. Indicating they are expanding capacity not using existing capacity for natural gas transmission is a net win.

All the elements of this project are win win win.

 

[CalgaryTiger]

All the elements of this project are win win win.

For who? Meta, Pembina and Kineticor? I'm happy for them and whoever sells them the natural gas. I'm not excited but I do get why some are.

Also, fair point to those that pointed out there have been some new electricity generation projects come online. My fear of grid fragility was a bit overstated.

 

[darwink]

For who? Meta, Pembina and Kineticor? I'm happy for them and whoever sells them the natural gas. I'm not excited but I do get why some are.

Also, fair point to those that pointed out there have been some new electricity generation projects come online. My fear of grid fragility was a bit overstated.

Economic activity is economic activity. Natural gas consumption is natural gas consumption.

This facility upgrades dry natural gas into AI services that are exported. Other facilities upgrade dry natural gas into nitrogen fertilizer that is exported.

I see no material difference to Alberta between the two other than aesthetic sentiment.