Not only was Saskatchewan setting electrical consumption records during the cold snap of last week of December, we also set two consecutive natural gas consumption records, too. According to SaskEnergy in a Dec. 31 release, “Extreme cold weather across Saskatchewan...
CORRECTION: This story initially reported that Alberta has 736 megawatts of wind power installed. The Travers facility is listed by the Alberta Electric System Operator, but Travers in fact is not actually operational yet as it is under construction. So the total of...
https://pipelineonline.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Wind-Turbines-Assiniboia-0002-Copy_Trim.mp4 Golden South Wind Facility, Assiniboia, summer of 2021. Video by Brian Zinchuk REGINA – SaskPower routinely sets power consumption records on the coldest and warmest days...
It’s Dec. 27, and I’m sitting at my parent’s acreage on the edge of Yorkton. We got back last night from Preeceville just before a big storm hit. Just driving a half mile out of town to their acreage, visibility was less than 50 metres, and I could not see where the...
Here’s the 12th day of the 12 Rigs of Christmas! You’ll see rigs of companies still here, and others that have come and gone. Some have changed names and colours. People have come and gone. But you know what? Our industry is still keeping our trucks fueled and our...