On Sept. 4, Minister of Energy and Resources Colleen Young spent the day touring the Whitecap Resources-operated Weyburn Unit and Steel Reef’s Viewfield Plant 4 gas plant, which has a new power generating turbine that will soon be contributing to the SaskPower...
Here’s how to get unelected as the Alberta government in a few easy steps: Restructure the electricity market. In so doing, triple the maximum price for power. Introduce negative pricing. Wait for days when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine. See people’s...
REGINA – With oil prices notably lower than projected in the spring 2025 budget, the Saskatchewan NDP is crying foul. In a press release on Sept. 5, the NDP said, “The Sask. Party continues to mismanage the province’s finances, failing to properly project oil...
On Sept. 3, Evan Bray and Brian Zinchuk go over the growing impact of large multilateral wells, LNG, the new major projects office, the big land sale, Alberta electrical grid updates, coal revival and more. On Sept. 3, Evan Bray and Brian Zinchuk go over the growing...
EDMONTON – Alberta’s wind laboured little on Labour Day. Throughout the day, wind output from the 1722 wind turbines (at last count) totalling 5,688 megawatts of total generation capacity hovered around the 1 per cent output mark, ranging from 1.9 to 0.8 per cent....