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Q: True or false? 1 MW of clean energy will power 3,613 computers each day?
Answer: True. Toba Montrose is projected to generate 745 Gigawatt-hours of electricity per year, or 2.04 GWh per day. An average desktop computer consumes approximately 2.88 kwh of electricity per day, so that means Toba Montrose could power 708,333 computers each day (2.04 GWh / 2.88 kwh) given its average daily electricity generation. Broken down further, that means that each MW of Toba Montrose capacity could support 3,613 computers each day (708,333 computers per day / 196 MW capacity).
Q: How many cars will Plutonic Power's first clean energy project remove from the road?
Answer: At a generating capacity of 196 megawatts, Plutonic Power's first run-of-river project, Toba Montrose is the equivalent of removing 96,547 from the road.
Q: How many tonnes of CO2 emissions BC's clean energy developers offset?
Answer: Independent hydro producers in BC generate 1,550 GWh of green energy each year offsetting the creation of 450,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions by typical thermal power plants.
Q: What is BC's multi-billion dollar (and growing) job-creation industry?
Answer: The renewable energy industry. More than 1,100 workers currently employed on 48 operating projects and another 15 projects under construction. These projects represent an estimated $5.4 billion in capital investments (at 2008 values).