REGINA – Saskatchewan’s power grid has largely returned to normal operations, after a difficult summer without one of its principal coal-fired power stations. SaskPower told Pipeline Online on Aug. 24 the Poplar River Power Station Unit 1 is now back up, meaning the...
The federal government is seeking to eliminate coal and natural gas power generation unless it has near-perfect carbon capture, and yet it was those very fossil fuel power sources that kept the lights from going out in Alberta at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 22....
Wind power in Saskatchewan flatlined to zero three times on Sunday, Aug. 6 REGINA – Wind power generation dropped to zero three times on Sunday, Aug. 6, according to SaskPower. “Wind dropped to zero a few times through the day – 8:11-10:30 a.m., 6:34-6:50 p.m. and...
On Thursday, the Alberta government announced a six-month pause on approvals for wind and solar projects, and by Saturday, wind generation in that province yet again bottomed out for much of the day. The Alberta electrical grid added even more wind generation to its...
Wind power in Alberta was pretty low for much of last week, often in the 100 to 200 megawatt range despite an installed based of 3,731 megawatts across now 37 wind farms, comprised of hundreds of wind turbines costing billions of dollar. But at 11:33 a.m. on Saturday,...
