Two days in a row, wind power was negative in Sask

Southwest Power Pool generation at 15 minutes after midnight, last night.

The fog and calm winds have not gone away. Four days in a row, wind power in Saskatchewan was either negligible or negative. Two of those days were negative.

And remember that SaskPower is beefing up its interconnect to North Dakota and the Southwest Power Pool, from 150 to 650 megawatts? Well, as of 12:15 a.m., SPP’s power was 45% coal. So we will give up coal power here, and have option to buy coal power from the US. Because that’s what they rely on when the wind decides not to blow there, either.

10 Replies to “Two days in a row, wind power was negative in Sask”

  1. You can’t cure stupid.
    Nor can an impoverished people afford more.
    And when freezing in the dark,in the midst of plentiful resources,the good citizen will be advised that the lack of electricity is due to “Bad Luck”.
    For the Cockatoos of our State Media, are so smart.

  2. Who in their right mind, would keep on going down this wind and solar road.

    Lunatics that’s who!
    Anyone in government listening?
    Your looking like al gore, a bloody lunatic!
    Stop throwing billions away on this WEF stupidity.

    1. Anyone who proposes new wind projects, should have to explain why we moved away from using wind in the 1800s…

    1. The date shown on the pie graph is for the 20th The negative to no wind power generation was for Jan 15-19. No one said wind never produces power just that it is inconsistent and unreliable and needs a backup source. Same as solar.

  3. Where does Sask Power get their advisers from ? Gender studies ? When I was a lad on a farm in south east Sask and our farm had a wind generator ,and engine backup,also a wind water pump,with engine back up. My father informed me that during the month of January,about 1950 ,there was no electricity generated by wind and no water pumped. Does Sask Power not study wind records ? We are becoming a third world country. If we make a total shift to electricity then one winter with iced lines and high winds will make prairie cities uninhabitable because of frozen pipes and no natural gas back up.

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