Brian Zinchuk: Reliability of the electrical grid is everything. Without it, nothing else matters

Brian Zinchuk: Reliability of the electrical grid is everything. Without it, nothing else matters

We’re building the BHP Jansen mine, the biggest potash mine in the world. It needs 200 megawatts. What do we do if build a whole bunch of wind power, like Alberta’s 3,618 megawatts, and it drops to 2 megawatts? Sorry, boys shut her down. Good luck coming out tonight, or breathing when the ventilation loses power. The feds said we can’t use coal or gas anymore, so good luck.

Jim Warren: Reaping what they’ve sown: how the anti-development approval processes demanded by environmentalists are now blocking green energy projects

Jim Warren: Reaping what they’ve sown: how the anti-development approval processes demanded by environmentalists are now blocking green energy projects

The sorry history of the Trans Mountain pipeline project actually reflects a phenomenon that has been frustrating environmentalists across North America. The Byzantine environmental approval processes that environmental activists and green politicians constructed over the last several decades now make it virtually impossible to get anything in the way of large infrastructure projects approved and completed. And that includes green energy infrastructure projects.

Brian Zinchuk: Ford and Tesla just signalled the beginning of the end of electric vehicle charging format war

Brian Zinchuk: Ford and Tesla just signalled the beginning of the end of electric vehicle charging format war

Whatever your thoughts are on electric vehicles, there’s been a major hangup in the adoption of electric vehicles – incompatible charging ports. But late last week, a major development between Tesla and Ford may be the beginning of the end for the latest tech format wars.
This isn’t just Betamax vs VHS. It’s Betamax vs VHS vs DVD, at the same time.

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