Tag: solar power

There’s no pleasing the Bloc, except to break up the country. But they had some interesting things to say about the Natural Resources Committee’s “just transition” report.

Also, on the longest day of the year, Saskatchewan’s grid scale solar averaged just 26.7 per cent capacity. But that’s okay. Texas knows what they’re doing. They built all sorts of solar and wind power. How’s that working out for them with a heat wave?

And with NATO arming Ukraine to fight a war with Russia before Russia crosses Ukraine and takes on NATO, the top dogs at NATO still have time to fight climate change. Shouldn’t they be more concerned about the Ruskies?

One more thing, folks. Facebook will start blocking media, including Pipeline Online, on Sunday. Say what you want about Facebook, but this is a huge issue. Social media is crucial to the business plans of all news media, mine included. Thanks for all the support from SDA, because it means a lot. This is going to be a tough row to hoe. And glib comments about Facebook not mattering simply aren’t true. It matters to people like me. Where else can you find 3 billion people to tick off?

Saskatchewan will not attempt the impossible regarding Net Zero by 2035

May 17, 2023

Brian Zinchuk

Saskatchewan will not meet Net Zero by 2035, but will aim for 2050. Here’s a lot more depth than you’ll find from any of the other Saskatchewan media. And there’s more to come regarding what this means for federalism. Follow up story is about how we’re going nuclear.

Guilbeault counters Moe, yet never says anything about keeping the lights on

May 4, 2023

Brian Zinchuk

Baiting the Right Climate Cult 50 Comments

Guilbeault calls Moe’s electricity grid statements “entirely baseless and untrue,” but never says anything about the planned policy of getting rid of all coal and natural gas power (86% of Saskatchewan’s power on some days this last winter.) Hmmmm….

Enough of this Net Zero by 2035 fantasy. Saskatchewan can’t do it

May 3, 2023

Brian Zinchuk

Climate Cult youmightbeinsaskatchewan 21 Comments

Moe draws the line in the dirt: “We will not attempt the impossible when it comes to power production”

SaskPower so wants more wind and solar. Here’s how Alberta’s did last night – next to nothing

April 3, 2023

Brian Zinchuk

Climate Cult 6 Comments

SaskPower wants 3,647 megawatts of wind and solar. But early this morning, Alberta’s 4,783 MW of the same produced just 29 MW . And it stayed around that number from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.

But we’re going to shut down our coal and build a 650 megawatt power line to the US.(Previously posted) Carbon-tax free, of course.

Year end with Premier Scott Moe, Part 1: energy security, war, wind, solar and coal

December 26, 2022

Brian Zinchuk

youmightbeinsaskatchewan 10 Comments

There’s no fluff questions in this year-end interview with Premier Scott Moe. Part one focuses on energy security, the war in Ukraine, wind, solar and coal power.

There are four parts to this interview, to be published this week. Watch for them.

SaskPower is literally doubling down on wind and solar power production. Expect lots of giant stinking fans and shiny panels to come

November 7, 2022

Brian Zinchuk

Climate Cult youmightbeinsaskatchewan 45 Comments

They’re going to double wind and solar capacity. But on Oct. 3, all our wind produced just 7% of its capacity.

We don’t need no giant stinking fans. But we’re going to build a lot of them.

November 4, 2022

Brian Zinchuk

youmightbeinsaskatchewan 25 Comments

The Saskatchewan Party government sure seems to have some mixed messages when it comes to wind and solar power. We keep building more, and will build a lot more, but it turns out they don’t produce as advertised.

In two throne speeches on Nov. 2, one MLA spoke praises of SaskPower’s buildout. But another pointed out that you don’t get anywhere close to what the nameplate capacity is.

Our solar capacity is 20 and we were getting 2. You cannot run a province, you cannot run business, you cannot run industry, you cannot run people’s homes on that unreliability

SaskPower’s proposed 100 megawatt solar facility at Estevan, plus a bonus up to 10 megawatt pilot project on mined land

October 31, 2022

Brian Zinchuk

Climate Cult youmightbeinsaskatchewan 86 Comments

Multiply this by 10, and that will be Estevan’s new solar facility.

Estevan is getting not one, but two solar facilities.

ESTEVAN – SaskPower held a two day open-house regarding at proposed 100 megawatt solar facility on Oct-26-27 at the Estevan Legion Hall.

In actuality, it’s not just a single project of 100 megawatts, but two projects – a 100 megawatt solar facility and a secondary, up to 10 megawatt pilot project.

The 100 megawatt facility is to be built on seven quarters of land approximately 10 kilometres southwest of the Boundary Dam Power Station. While SaskPower has large swaths of reclaimed mine land in the area, this block of farmland was chosen because it was undisturbed. Building on disturbed land would mean the foundations would be more costly.

It’s seven quarters of land in total, 1,120 acres or 453 hectares. The land has been optioned, but has not yet been purchased. It falls within the southwest corner of the RM of Estevan, Township 1, Range 9, west of the second meridian.

And, of course