Figure 5 description

Figure 5 depicts an image of the Canada Energy Dashboard by Navius Research. It visually represents projected trends in electricity demand, capacity, generation, storage, and peak load in Canada from 2020 to 2050 under different policy and technology scenarios.

The dashboard is organized into several interactive sections:

• Left Panel:
  • A map of Canada with regions highlighted in orange.
  • Policy scenario selector: Options include Legislated and Net Zero.
  • Sliders to adjust assumptions for:
    • Cost of low-carbon technologies
    • Biofuels & Biomass
    • CCS
    • Hydrogen
  • Global oil price
  • Availability of emission offsets:
    • DAC (Direct Air Capture)
    • LULUCF (Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry)
• Main Panel:
  • Electricity Demand: Line graph showing demand by sector (residential, commercial, industrial, transport) in petajoules (PJ).
  • Electricity Capacity: Line graph showing capacity by source (e.g., wind, solar PV) in gigawatts (GW).
  • Electricity Generation: Line graph showing generation by source in terawatt-hours (TWh).
  • Levelized Cost of Generation: Line graph showing cost trends in $/MWh.
  • Electricity Storage: Bar chart showing short- and long-duration storage capacity in GW.
  • Peak Load: Bar chart showing peak electricity load by sector, including EV charging.

This dashboard supports the recommendation to produce periodic reports on standardized KPIs such as PUE, ERE, CUE, WUE, ITEEsv, ITEUSV, CER, and REF, enabling better monitoring of energy and environmental performance in data centres.