High praise, indeed

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On Friday, Alberta Energy Minister Brian Jean praised the Travers Solar Project in a LinkedIn post. At noon on Sunday, when the sun was highest in the sky, it was producing 10.9 per cent of nameplate capacity.

And at the very same time, wind was producing less than 2 per cent capacity, and was around that level all afternoon long.

The Canadian Energy Regulator provided reasons for its TMX pipeline route change ruling.

In an unrelated note, if you’ve worked in the southeast Saskatchewan oilpatch, you probably know, or know of, Larry Day, who was awarded dispatcher of the year.

And while we’re tooting horns, Pipeline Online received an Estevan Business Excellence award for New Business Venture.

20 Replies to “High praise, indeed”

    1. There’s a word for people that think solar power can ever work in low solar radiation Canada. The word is retard.

      1. It’s swindler, not retard. Because some scam artist, a crooked politician and a corrupt bureaucrat made a sh*tload of money off us taxpayers.

  2. Dispatcher of the Year? The man not only has a map, he knows how to use it. He’s either the number one dispatcher of all time, or not a dispatcher at all (after all, he has a map and knows how to use it).

    Who was the genius who determined that dispatching no longer required trucking experience but instead required a college degree? I’d like to find out who he is and arrange for him to meet some friends of mine.

  4. Sadly, the greens cannot see beyond their eco-illusions, insisting we can have reliable power from unreliable resources. Which reminds me of this:

    Both Sides Now
    by Joni Mitchell

    Rows and floes of angel hair
    And ice cream castles in the air
    And feather canyons everywhere
    I’ve looked at clouds that way

    But now they only block the sun
    They rain and snow on everyone
    So many things I would have done
    But clouds got in my way

    I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now
    From up and down, and still somehow
    It’s cloud illusions I recall
    I really don’t know clouds at all

  5. Oh, how wonderful modernity is! To quote the famous Eccles, “It’s good to be alive, in nineteen-eighty-five…”

    Solar power – especially in a far-north country like Canada – would be a gut-laff if we weren’t being forced to pay for it. A prime example of where it all inexorably leads is the Solar Project in California – Solar One and Solar Two were both decommissioned after California tore-up their contracts; they could not produce the amount of electricity they’d contracted for. Indeed, Solar One couldn’t sell enough electricity to pay for keeping their mirrors clean. And of course, areas with less dust and more rain don’t have this problem – but they have a much bigger problem courtesy of hail, as witnessed at a solar farm in Scottsbluff, Nebraska: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158957579707391&set=a.435030127390&type=3&ref=embed_post

    Again, funny as he11 – d@mn funny…

  7. Freezing rain now at my house.

    Wonder who’ll clean the ice off the solar panels (not on my house, but down my street)?

  10. Stop lying you POS. You need to qualify the time of year with nameplate capacity.

    You and your punk publication have ZERO credibility.

    Im in the patch and we use solar on some of our installations. They work great within their defined capabilities.

    Stop being a dick head.

    1. Why? Do hospitals stop operating because the time of the year? Do streetlights and stop lamps not need power? Does grandma’s oxygen generator not need power no matter the time of year? Or does the economy just stop because of “time of year.”
      Indeed, it is coming into the time of year when power demands, and its reliability, is most crucial. There are no lies in my reporting. You can check it all for yourself. I provide ample links and attribution. If you don’t like reality, as opposed to fantasy, that is your issue.

      1. Stop with the BS comparisons and your stupid fear mongering.

        You know damn well solar works great in the patch and at remote locations within its defined capabilities. And it works at large scale with appropriate back up and tie ins.

        But you are so effing thick headed that you refuse to learn for yourself.

        You are a total dick.

        Grow up and get yourself up to date.

  11. Funny thing about solar.
    You can have all kinds of available power,when you don’t need it.
    But when winter arrives and its dark for 12 hours..
    Hows that “Solar Power” working for you then.
    Have wired up a fair number of Solar Panels,Wind Turbines,inverters and batteries..
    The need for that Diesel Generator has never gone away.
    A wee thing called “Bulk Charging” is vital to battery health and longevity.

    And every “off grid” dweller finally learns,you now adjust your plans,your lifestyle to suit the power available..
    Or you fire up the genset.
    All that money spent to arrive where you started ,power wise.
    Now if you desire extra peace and quiet,then spend away..
    Or sound proof your generator shack.

    1. I knew one person to whom solar power made sense. His power line was quoted as $35,000 for close to 3 miles. Instead he spent $10,000 on solar power and storage. His appliances were all propane including his fridge. He lit his house like a morgue. He still had to fire up his generator on dreary winter days. This was like 30 years ago.

  12. Yup.
    Now we are told that the “New Batteries”, made of unobtainium,are “Game changers”.
    Except nothing has changed..
    Except you pay even more,for less.
    And when researching the technology,the slant has changed.
    Once we all understood that batteries were storage devices,that had to be charged..
    Now the literature,especially on electric vehicles,pretends batteries are the source power.
    “This EV generated 400 Hp”,which is utter BS.
    It consumes 400hp or 300 kW to go anywhere..
    Huge difference.

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