On July 5, the first Ford F-150 Lightning was seen in the wild, charging at Estevan’s Peavey Mart. And if its battery was down to 15 per cent, it would take 13 hours at that 48-amp charging station to bring it to 100 per cent. Here’s the walk around by...
McCORD – One more helium operator has put bit to ground in Saskatchewan, making it the third in recent years to begin drilling in Saskatchewan. Helium Evolution Incorporated announced on June 28 it had spudded its first well at HEI 06-12-006-05W3M (“HEI-1”) on...
Alberta’s solar power fleet produced 13.5% of its capacity at noon, then wind produced 1 % of its capacity a few days later On June 24, during the brightest week of the year, Alberta’s solar power fleet put out just 126 of 936 megawatts at noon. And a few...
It might take a decade or so to get the first one online, but SaskPower has chosen the reactor design for its first nuclear reactor ever. The announcement was made on June 27. Following a thorough assessment of several Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technologies,...
WEYBURN – On June 26, 1997, politicians and corporate executives gathered in Weyburn to announce a project that was supposed to extend the life of the prolific but declining Weyburn Unit by another 25 years. That was 25 years ago, and the Weyburn Unit is still...
