SASKATOON – Between growth in mining, the population, the economy in general, data centres, artificial intelligence and yes, even increasing adoption of electric vehicles, there is a broad expectation that power grids across North America will need to double in...
Editor’s note: On Feb. 23, Minister of Crown Investments Corp and Minister Responsible for SaskPower Jeremy Harrison released a plan for dramatically stepping up power transmission infrastructure, not only within the province, but to our neighbours....
In late January, Crown Investments Corp. Minister Jeremy Harrison announced that SaskPower would begin the process of technology selection for large, 1,000 megawatt-scale reactors. That’s a fancy way of saying Saskatchewan is in the market to pick a big reactor design...
Happy Valentine’s Day, courtesy the geology of southeast Saskatchewan, Chinook Consulting Services and Pipeline Online. The Viewfield astrobleme in southeast Saskatchewan is shaped like a heart, with Bakken wells pointing at it from all sides. An...
What happens in Ontario will have major impacts on Saskatchewan’s nuclear future PORT HOPE, ONT. – Just two weeks ago, Saskatchewan announced it was starting the process to choose a design for large-scale nuclear reactors in the 1,000 megawatt range. That...
SASKATOON – The Saskatchewan NDP is pushing the federal government for expansion of provincial electrical grid interties by way of the “major projects” scheme. In Canada, each province operates its own internal power grid. Those grids are connected through...
