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Wind power production in Saskatchewan went into negative territory

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Turns out there’s a new development out of the story that took place on Monday.

Justin Trudeau on Monday didn’t think much of Saskatchewan’s clean energy projects.

On that very day, characterized by fog throughout much of southern Saskatchewan (where the wind turbines are located), SaskPower’s total wind power generation fell to “-1 megawatt,” as in negative one megawatt, according to the Crown corporation’s Where Does Your Power Come From web page. This is the lowest number Pipeline Online has seen since the page went online in September, 2022. It’s also an average throughout the entire day, not just at a particular moment.

According to SaskPower, “The turbines were iced up and unable to produce. The -1 megawatt was load to service the facilities.”

Saskatchewan has 617 megawatts of installed grid-scale wind power generation.

Also, SaskPower is now paying people extra just to stay in Coronach instead of walking away early from the doomed coal plant.

 

What more can Saskatchewan do to keep the lights on?

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Saskatchewan power production on Jan. 15. SaskPower

Premier Scott Moe said on Monday that federal electricity regulations will soon mean that even with carbon capture, neither coal (in 2030) or natural gas (in 2035) will be allowed.

On Sunday, 42% of our power came from natural gas, and 41% came from coal. Another 12% came from hydro.

1% came from wind

Ottawa, we have a problem.

Wind in Sask produced an average of 1.3% of its capacity on Wednesday

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Construction of wind turbines at Assiniboia in January, 2021. Photo by Brian Zinchuk

It turns out that the same day Alberta’s wind power flatlined, so did Saskatchewan’s. SaskPower delays its data reporting two days, which is why it took until Friday to find this out. Note that the 1.3 per cent output was the average for the entire day, meaning that it was even lower for part of the day.

Saskatchewan First Act

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The NDP finally steps away from the political abyss (they also voted unanimously to support legal gun owners in the latest Trudeau gun grab) – and the left are losing their junk.

But maybe not as much as they are in Alberta. Heh.

Saskatoon born and raised, cut his teeth in Lloydminster oilpatch, now CEO of significant Sask oil producer

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Rob Morgan, president and CEO of Strathcona Resources, grew up in Saskatoon and went to chemical engineering at the U of S. He cut his teeth in the Lloydminster oilpatch, and is now running one of the largest oil produces in Saskatchewan. Strathcona bought Serafina Energy this past year, and has substantial activity north of North Battleford. The Patchwork Podcast on Pipeline Online goes deep with Morgan, who sees a long future for oil and gas.

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