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...
Second evening in a row Alberta sees “grid alert” issued, but this time, it was a much closer-run thing Alberta’s electrical grid was in such peril of falling into rotating blackouts on Saturday night, the provincial government urged people to even turn off...
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...
Brad Wall, Myron Stadnyk to be inducted as Hall of Famers Del Mondor of Weyburn is the 2024 Saskatchewan Oilman of the Year, while former premier Brad Wall and Myron M. Stadnyk will join him on stage as inductees to the Saskatchewan Oil and Gas Hall of Fame....
UPDATE: By 7:28 a.m., wind output fell to less than 1 per cent of capacity One of the first lessons any new engineering student learns in their materials class is “cold brittle behaviour” of materials. When it gets really cold, like -30 C or colder, many...
