Electricity Use:
Electricity Use GPI Atlantic
Decreasing Renewable Energy - NS Power Generating Capacity:
Decreasing Renewable Energy - NS Power Generating Capacity 1979 2003 GPI Atlantic
Impacts:
Impacts Wide variety of impacts, a number of which could not be assessed
Nova Scotia continues to be a high per capita emitter of all common air pollutants, mercury, and GHG
Why? – The use of:
Coal
Wood GPI Atlantic
Damage Costs of Energy, 2000:
Damage Costs of Energy, 2000
Recommendation: Increase Renewable Energy:
Recommendation: Increase Renewable Energy Electricity from renewables – wind, biomass
Passive and active solar energy in residential and commercial sectors
Research geothermal, tidal, and other sources
GPI Atlantic
Recommendation: Decrease Demand Through Conservation and Efficiency:
Recommendation: Decrease Demand Through Conservation and Efficiency Electricity – increase the use of combined heat and power and distributed generation
Equipment/appliances and buildings – adopt the highest standards and develop incentives and programs to replace existing equipment and renovate older buildings
Education
Comprehensive fuel poverty strategy GPI Atlantic
Other Recommendations - Cleanup Production, Use Full-Cost Accounting:
Other Recommendations - Cleanup Production, Use Full-Cost Accounting Coal will continue to be a major source of electricity for some time – therefore need pollution abatement technology and cleaner sources of coal
Apply full-cost accounting to major energy decisions
Standards for wood burning devices
Improved data collection and increased transparency GPI Atlantic
Nova Scotia Power Fuel Mix:
Nova Scotia Power Fuel Mix GPI Atlantic