UPDATE: By 7:28 a.m., wind output fell to less than 1 per cent of capacity One of the first lessons any new engineering student learns in their materials class is “cold brittle behaviour” of materials. When it gets really cold, like -30 C or colder, many...
 On Dec. 26, the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) reported a pool price of $0 per megawatt-hour for six hours. The Alberta electrical market is an open market, administered by the AESO, with private companies providing power. This is in sharp contrast to...
Wind power generation in Alberta fell to less than one half of one per cent of installed capacity at 8:42 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 7. And since it was dark out, solar was producing zero power as well. Just 20 megawatts were produced by the 45 wind farms in Alberta at that...
At noon in Alberta on Friday, Dec. 8, both wind and solar were producing very little power, despite the sun being at its highest point in the sky and additional units being added to the generation mix almost every week in recent weeks. Alberta now has 42 grid-scale...
Alberta has brought online another wind farm and even more wind turbines in recent days. And despite having increased the amount of nameplate capacity in two years by roughly two-thirds, total power production still flatlines on a frequent but irregular basis. Around...
