On July 6, the Pembina Institute published a paper by executive director Chris Severson-Baker on July 6, headlined, “For the first time in more than 150 years, Alberta’s electricity is coal free.” And on July 8, the province went into yet...
Coal power is done in Alberta, but the wind failed to blow the next day A day after Alberta ceases coal-fired power generation, wind power flatlined for 19 hours. For nearly all of Wednesday, June 19, wind power generation in Alberta was abysmal. For 19 hours,...
What does it take to max out wind generation? And wind goes kaput in Alberta, again WEYBURN – The last week has once again shown how wind power generation can vary to the extreme in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Anyone who attended the Saskatchewan Oil and...
I’ve been warning for over two years now – overdependence on unreliable wind and solar power is going to lead to rolling blackouts. And that’s exactly what happened in Alberta on Friday, April 5. It’s a situation of boiling a frog, but we’re the ones in the...
How long could Alberta’s wind power stay at 1 out of 4481 megawatts? Read on SaskPower Minister Dustin Duncan recently told me I watch electricity markets like some people watch fantasy football. I would agree with him, if I knew anything about fantasy football....
