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....
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...
Alberta’s power grid saw wind power generation crater to 0.17 per cent on Wednesday, one day after it similarly cratered. At 11:25 a.m. on Wednesday, May 10, the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) showed that wind power production had fallen to 6 megawatts, out...
The problem is not when you have four tires filled with air on your vehicle, it’s when you have a flat tire. And that was Alberta’s power grid at 6:51 p.m. on Friday, as wind power generation fell to 7 megawatts out of a possible 3,618 megawatts. That’s 0.19 per cent...
SaskPower is intent on building out a further 3,000 megawatts on wind and solar power, in addition to the 617 megawatts of grid-scale wind and 30 megawatts of grid scale solar already in place. That would make a total of 3,647 megawatts, if all built. So what would it...
