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Does one megawatt of coal fired electricity = one megawatt of wind powered electricty?

Here in the province of Alberta that is sitting on a coal bed 6' thick and a huge natural gas reserve the idea has been to replace coal and gas fired electricity with wind powered. So far 29 windfarms are scattered across the province. The other day the entire province was calm. The electrical output was 0.3% of capacity. Good thing we have good neighbours who are willing to sell us electricity.
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icedsky · 51-55, M
A megawatt hour is a megawatt hour. Regardless of the source
hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M
@icedsky What matters is reliability. If you can't rely on the megawatt then you really don't have a functioning electric grid.
icedsky · 51-55, M
@hippyjoe1955 That is true. It isnt all power production. Have to have the rest of your infrastructure reliable.