And wind was doing even worse Even though Alberta’s build-out of 38 wind farms and 36 solar farms have resulted in an enormous growth of nameplate power generating capacity, the reality was far from the advertised on Sunday, according to data from the Alberta Electric...
The tremendous variability of wind power generation was on full display in Alberta on Friday, Sept. 15. At 12:39 a.m., wind power generation had fallen to less than 1 per cent of nameplate capacity. The 3,853 megawatts of wind generation was producing 30 megawatts or...
Two of the most energy-rich jurisdictions on the planet, Alberta and Texas, struggled to keep the lights on Tuesday evening. The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) declared its second “grid alert” in two days on Tuesday evening, as did the Electric...
At 3:08 p.m., on Monday, Aug. 28, the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) issued a “grid alert,” warning Albertans to reduce their power consumption lest the lights go out. “Due to a combination of hot weather, a BC outage that affects intertie...
Two of the most energy rich jurisdictions on the planet, Texas and Alberta, have built out tremendous wind and solar power generation as part of their grid, and in the last year, both have seen grid alerts issued on days that wind power generation collapses....
