The utter unreliability of wind power generation in Alberta showed itself for the fourth time in 16 days on May 26. On Friday morning, at 9:55 a.m., Alberta yet again saw its wind power generation drop about as close to zero it can get without actually hitting zero....
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...
WAYNESBORO, Ga. (AP) — Two nuclear reactors in Georgia were supposed to herald a nuclear power revival in the United States. But the project is seven years late and $17 billion over budget as Georgia Power Co. announced the first new reactor at its Plant Vogtle could...
CALGARY — NuVista Energy Ltd. says it was able to restart most of its operations over the weekend as more favourable winds and weather helped ease the wildfire situation near its operations in Alberta. Light rain and cooler temperatures slowed down wildfire activity...
By Chris Megerian in Washington WASHINGTON (AP) — When John Podesta left his job as an adviser to President Barack Obama nearly a decade ago, he was confident that hundreds of miles of new power transmission lines were coming to the Southwest, expanding the...
As Saskatchewan’s government spent the last week dealing with how it will keep its lights on in the future, the reliability, or lack thereof, of wind in Alberta was reinforced. At 9:57 a.m. On Thursday, May 18, Alberta saw its 3,618 megawatts of wind generation...
