On July 6, the Pembina Institute published a paper by executive director Chris Severson-Baker on July 6, headlined, “For the first time in more than 150 years, Alberta’s electricity is coal free.” And on July 8, the province went into yet...
For the fourth time in as many days, and the second time in 17 hours, Canada’s most energy-rich province, by far, again found itself in an electrical crisis, short of energy. The Alberta Electric System Operator declared its fourth “grid alert” at...
The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) declared its third grid alert in three days as frigid temperatures continued to blanket the province on Jan. 14, driving up electrical demand while reducing available renewable power supply. The “grid alert” was...
Wind craters, the sun went down and two thermal plants were offline during extremely cold evening Despite having more combined coal, oil and gas reserves than almost any other jurisdiction on the planet, the province of Alberta was, once again, in an energy...
Despite being home to some of the best energy resources on the planet, the Texas electrical grid once again issued a grid alert, also referred to as a “conservation appeal,” on Wednesday, Aug. 30. This was was the second day in a row for the Lone Star...
