The current cold snap is showing up in SaskPower’s daily numbers, as wind power production fell substantially on Dec. 20. And, as usual, what happens in Alberta weatherwise is usually what happens here the following day. In order to protect proprietary data, SaskPower...
As Alberta’s internal electrical load creeps up again to close to record levels at supper time on Wednesday, Dec. 21, the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) issued its second “grid alert” in one day, its third in 24 hours across two days, and...
For the second time in 16 hours, the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) declared a “grid alert,” as that province’s grid came under threat of being overloaded. It was the fourth grid alert issued in the month of December, so far. In a tweet put...
In what is becoming a regular occurrence, a lack of wind power generation has put Alberta into an electrical “grid alert,” for the third time in December. At noon, 32 of Alberta’s 36 wind farms were producing zero power. A little over an hour later, it was worse. At...
SASKATOON – In the pursuit of other products, lithium is popping up. Indeed, much of the lithium exploration today is based on wells that were drilled for oil. But lithium has shown up elsewhere. As identified in the previous two stories in this series, that can...
