Impossible to reach emissions goal still pegged for 2035 The newly updated federal Clean Electricity Regulations (CER) shift the deadline for reaching a “net zero” electrical grid from 2035 to 2050. At least that’s what the headlines all say. But digging into the...
At the Dec. 11 open house for the Seven Stars Energy Project, proponent Enbridge laid out updates for its planned 200 megawatt wind farm to be located just east of Weyburn. You can read Part 1 about the open house here. Enbridge representatives said “apology” or...
Editor’s note: This story ended up being so massive, it needed to be broken up into several parts just to make it manageable and yet still allow a great deal of depth on a topic very important to Weyburn. On top of that, there is a LOT going on in the power space...
Once again this past weekend, from Dec. 14 to 15, the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) pool price bottomed out at zero dollars per megawatt-hour for a total of 12 hours, according to data publicly available from the AESO. This came in two periods, with...
WEYBURN – There has been notable opposition to the plans to develop a 200 megawatt wind power facility just east of Weyburn. But there are also numerous reasons in favour of it as well, from perspectives one might not normally think of. The project in question...
