REGINA – Just days after taking the helm of Cenovus Energy Inc., Saskatchewan’s largest oil producer, Jon McKenzie was on stage at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference in Regina on May 2. And he’s not afraid to call a spade a spade when it comes to the role...
REGINA – Saskatchewan has been put in an “impossible position” when it comes to meeting impeding the federal Clean Electricity Standard by 2035, according to Premier Scott Moe. While we will do our best, we cannot meet those federal expectations. And if the feds are...
The Canadian federal Government is moving towards a “Net Zero” power grid by 2035, seeking to curtail greenhouse gas emissions from coal and natural gas power generation. However, coal and natural gas on some days account for up to 84% of power generation...
REGINA, WASHINGTON – In 2011, the Government of Saskatchewan and SaskPower made the decision to go ahead with post-combustion carbon capture on Boundary Dam Unit 3. By 2014, a few months delayed and a few hundred million over budget, the $1.6 billion project was...
Major project could soon run afoul of impending federal greenhouse gas emissions regulations, but Saskatchewan needs to keep the lights on, and power its mines REGINA, LANIGAN – You might not have noticed it, but last week SaskPower made known it is intent on...
Part of the energy transition, playing out in Western Canada, is the elimination of baseload coal-fired power generation, and the implementation of highly intermittent solar and wind power generation. This is Part 2 of a presentation to the ratepayers of the RM of...
